OPENAI REPORTEDLY MULLS BUYING JONY IVE AND SAM ALTMAN'S AI HARDWARE STARTUP

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OpenAI is reportedly in discussions to buy the company former Apple design lead Jony Ive is building with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Ive is working with Altman on io Products, a startup that aims to build products 'less socially disruptive than the iPhone'. OpenAI may end up partnering with io Products instead of acquiring the startup. io Products currently has a small team that includes former Apple designers. It has reportedly been working on different concepts of AI-enabled devices.