OpenAI, Jony Ive and iPhone
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Tech's past and future walk into a San Francisco cafe. That's the conceit behind a new video starring legendary Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who on Wednesday announced a $6.5 billion deal that will see the ChatGPT-maker gobble up Ive's nascent device startup.
The deal, which is OpenAI's biggest acquisition, will bring in Ive and his team of about 55 engineers and researchers
They stroll, they sip, they gaze meaningfully. The one thing Open AI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive don't do? Explain what their new device actually is.
Elon Musk used to claim that he gave OpenAI $100 million in funding. He just confirmed the actual number, and it is much lower.
“Now that the Company has a new plan, I intend to review it for compliance with Delaware law by ensuring that it accords with OpenAI’s charitable purpose and that the non-profit entity retains appropriate control over the for-profit entity,” she said then.
The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers.