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DUNCAN McLEOD: The race is on to build the iPhone of the AI age
The world is awaiting the defining gadget of a new era of AI-infused consumer electronics that aim to transform the way we live, work and play
05 June 2025 - 05:00
OpenAI announced two weeks ago that it was acquiring legendary UK tech product designer Jony Ive’s AI hardware start-up, io. The designer of several iconic iPhone models and other Apple products, including Macs and iPods, sold io to the ChatGPT maker for a cool $5bn for the 77% it didn’t already own.
But what exactly is OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — who starred alongside Ive in a stylish promotional video about the deal — hoping to achieve by splashing so much money on the London-born Ive, who now calls San Francisco home?..
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