OpenAI is buying io, the AI hardware start-up founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5bn.

As per news reports, all of io’s staff will join OpenAI, where they will work closely with the AI giant’s engineering, research and design teams in San Francisco. As per a report from Reuters, OpenAI is expected to name Jony Ive as creative head. However, Ive may also continue to run his independent design studio, LoveFrom.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, foresees a future where humanoid robots are commonplace, impacting perceptions of work and technology. He acknowledges ongoing AI-related job disruptions and highlights the need for society to prepare for rapid changes in the workforce.

Apple designer Jony Ive's AI hardware startup, IO, in a deal worth nearly $6.5 billion. Ive previously worked with Sam Altman.

OpenAI forms a new hardware division with the io team, led by Jony Ive, to develop AI-native devices, possibly launching a voice-first product as early as 2026.

The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers.

When OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world in November 2022, it lit the fuse that ignited the generative AI era.But Karen Hao, author of the new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI,