Ive and Altman: They want to "bite into" OpenAI hardware
Ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI boss Sam Altman described in flowery words during an interview what the two's first AI hardware looks like.
Ive and Altman on stage: OpenAI hardware is "not the computer we've been using for so long."
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Nobody still knows what OpenAI's future hardware, which the AI company, together with ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive and his companies LoveFrom and io, want to build for a billion dollars, will look like. In an interview on an open stage at the Emerson Collective Demo Day in San Francisco, the two spoke out. It was led by Emerson founder Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who is among the investors in LoveFrom and io, always supported Ive on his way, and is now likely a significant OpenAI shareholder.
"The device knows everything you've ever thought, read, and said"
There weren't many details to hear at the interview; it remains unclear whether OpenAI's hardware will be a wearable, a portable device like an iPhone, or at least a partially portable desktop machine. Altman and Ive instead tried to convey a "vibe" to the audience. For example, it was said that the prototypes so far are "so good that your jaw drops." They want to leave behind the limitations that current computers have with the hardware.
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The fundamental question in development was what it would be like to have a device "that knows everything you've ever thought, read, and said." For Ive and Altman, this is not a horror scenario: The design is right if you want to "lick or bite" the device. That's already the case with the prototypes. The goal was hardware that is "almost naive in its simplicity and the feeling it conveys," said Ive. When using it, you should feel like you are "sitting in the most beautiful cabin by the lake in the mountains, simply enjoying peace and quiet":
Hardware with Humor in Serious Times
Ive and Altman also said that the AI hardware is intended to be an "active contributor" that is proactive but not annoying. Current devices are like walking through a busy place. "That doesn't make our lives quiet and peaceful, and you can't concentrate on anything else." The hardware also has "humor," and you don't take yourself "too seriously, even though these are serious times."
OpenAI's hardware is expected to launch next year. The cooperation between Altman and Ive was preceded by a design partnership. OpenAI eventually decided to acquire Ive's company, io, for which it received $6.4 billion in OpenAI shares. $5 billion of this went to Ive and the investors, including Powell Jobs. A whole "family of AI devices" is planned. Ive became a billionaire through the deal.
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