It is reported that Jony Ive, former chief design officer of Apple, will build "AI hardware" for OpenAI.

CTOnews.com, September 27 (Xinhua)-- according to The Information, Jony Ive is working with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Altman to discuss a new "AI hardware" project.

CTOnews.com note: Jony Ive previously served as Apple's chief design officer and was involved in and was in charge of a number of important Apple projects. He left Apple in 2019 to set up his own design company, LoveFrom, whose partners include Airbnb and Ferrari.

Photo Source: Apple Ive continued to help Apple as a consultant after leaving Apple, but his cooperation with Apple came to an end in 2022 when he was no longer involved in Apple's product development. The last Apple product he is known to be involved in is the Mac Pro launched in 2019.

The report did not disclose the use and appearance of the "AI hardware", and people familiar with the matter said that the cooperation between the two sides hopes to create a new kind of hardware for the era of artificial intelligence.

Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank Corp., was also reported to be involved in the dialogue between Jony Ive and Altman.

According to the report, OpenAI has raised $11 billion from well-known investors, including Khosla Ventures and even Mictosoft.