Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, is reportedly searching for funding for an AI-powered, private gadget – maybe not not like the Humane AI Pin – and ex-Apple design guru Jony Ive is seemingly getting concerned as nicely.
That is as per The Information (through MacRumors), and the rumor is that Altman and Ive have began a “mysterious firm” collectively to make the gadget a actuality. The report would not point out a lot concerning the {hardware}, besides to say it will not seem like a smartphone.
As we have seen with the Humane AI Pin and the Rabbit R1, having an AI assistant working on a tool means you do not essentially want a show and conventional apps – the unreal intelligence engine can do every thing for you, no tapping or scrolling required.
Altman and Ive are stated to be searching for round $1 billion in funding, so that is clearly a serious enterprise we’re speaking about. It is not clear how a lot involvement OpenAI would have, however its ChatGPT bot would almost certainly be used on the brand new gadget.
Earlier rumors
This hasn’t come utterly out of the blue: again in September The Financial Times reported that Altman and Ive have been “in talks” to get funding for a brand new undertaking from SoftBank, a Japanese funding firm.
SoftBank has a stake in CPU firm Arm, which may be tapped to offer parts for the {hardware} – which might’t run fully on AI cloud magic in fact. All that is hypothesis in the interim, nevertheless.
In January, Sam Altman was spotted touring around a Samsung chip manufacturing facility, so all of the indications are that he is planning one thing by way of bodily {hardware}. It stays to be seen simply how superior this {hardware} is although.
Throughout his time with Apple, Jony Ive led the design groups liable for the iPod, iPhone, iPad and MacBook, so no matter is within the pipeline, we are able to anticipate it to look fashionable. We will additionally anticipate to listen to extra about this intriguing gadget within the years forward.
