{"id":8381,"date":"2025-06-03T23:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/what-we-know-about-jony-ives-post-smartphone-a-i-device-so-far\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:44:11","slug":"what-we-know-about-jony-ives-post-smartphone-a-i-device-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/what-we-know-about-jony-ives-post-smartphone-a-i-device-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About Jony Ive\u2019s Post-Smartphone A.I. Device So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laurene Powell Jobs and Jony Ive at the WSJ Magazine 2022 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art on Nov. 02, 2022. Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jony Ive<\/a> spent decades shaping Apple<\/a>\u2019s sleek, unmistakable aesthetic, crafting iconic products like the iPhone and iMac that defined a generation of consumer technology. Now, he\u2019s helping lead the next technological leap\u2014teaming up with OpenAI<\/a> to design a consumer-facing A.I. device. The project has already earned the backing of Laurene Powell Jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust watching something brand new be manifested<\/a>, it\u2019s a wondrous thing to behold,\u201d said Powell Jobs of Ive\u2019s recent work in a joint Financial Times interview. A longtime supporter of Ive\u2019s work, she has remained in touch since his Apple days and is also an investor in his design firm, LoveFrom. That company\u2019s spinout, io, was recently acquired by OpenAI<\/a> in a $6.4 billion deal to fuse their efforts into a new category of A.I.-driven consumer products.<\/p>\n

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Powell Jobs has already had an early look at what they\u2019re building. \u201cI\u2019ve watched in real time how ideas go from a thought to some words, to some drawings, to some stories, and then to prototypes, and then a different type of prototype,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then something that you think: I can\u2019t imagine that getting any better\u2014only to see the next version, which is even better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following its acquisition of io and its 55-person team, Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI is planning to launch a groundbreaking A.I. device<\/a> sometime next year. Ive, who will remain independent from the company but lead its creative and design direction, began conversations with Altman about A.I. hardware back in 2023. He went on to found io later that year to explore those ideas. While the full terms of OpenAI\u2019s acquisition remain undisclosed, the deal is expected to make Ive a billionaire and grant Powell Jobs a significant stake in OpenAI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Ive and Powell Jobs have remained close since Steve Jobs<\/a>\u2019s death in 2011. In addition to investing in io, Powell Jobs has also backed LoveFrom through her investment platform, Emerson Collective<\/a>. \u201cLoveFrom wouldn\u2019t exist if it wasn\u2019t for Laurene,\u201d Ive told the Financial Times. \u201cIt feels to me like we grew up together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite her deep involvement with Ive\u2019s OpenAI venture, Powell Jobs has not distanced herself from Apple, which is now racing alongside OpenAI and other major players to lead the A.I. race. \u201cI\u2019m still very close to the leadership team at Apple,\u201d said Powell Jobs, whose estimated $14.2 billion net worth<\/a> is largely tied to her holdings in Apple and The Walt Disney Company<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re really good people, and I want them to succeed also.\u201d<\/p>\n

Exactly what OpenAI is building remains tightly under wraps, though both Ive and Altman have insisted the device will not be another smartphone. Ive is aiming to design a product that counters the often unhealthy relationships people now have with their devices\u2014a dynamic he acknowledges helping to create. \u201cWhile some of the less positive consequences were unintentional, I still feel responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The tech industry today has become unrecognizable from the early 1990s, when, according to Ive, innovation was driven by a sense of \u201cservice to humanity.\u201d He added, \u201cI don\u2019t feel that way about this place right now.\u201d Powell Jobs echoed his concerns, pointing to the mental health crisis and the harmful effects of technology on young people.<\/p>\n

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Through their partnership with OpenAI, both hope to restore a more optimistic and humane vision for technology. \u201cMany of us would say we have an uneasy relationship with technology at the moment,\u201d said Ive. \u201cHumanity deserves better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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