Jony Ive, the celebrated former Apple industrial design maven behind the look of the iPhone, iPad and other of the technology giant's products, has joined OpenAI as part of a $6.5 billion deal that will merge's Ive's startup with Sam Altman's company. Ive will help the artificial intelligence company, which developed ChatGPT, launch devices with generative AI capability, according to a video posted on OpenAI'sX accounton Wednesday. As part of the deal, OpenAI announced it will acquire with Ive's startup io, according to astatementposted by OpenAI. Ive and his startup team will lead design efforts at the AI company. "Two years ago, Jony and I started talking about what the future of AI and new kinds of computers was going to look like," Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said in the video. "It became very quickly apparent to both of us that we needed a third company." Their mission is to create a family of devices that allow people to use AI to "create all sorts of wonderful things," Altman said, noting that Ive and his team have already developed a prototype device. Watch: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem asked what habeas corpus is in Senate hearing Watch: Rubio and Van Hollen get into testy exchange during Senate hearing Rubio interrupted at Senate hearing during remarks on changes at State Department
