Even after an uncommonly eventful week for generative AI-centric device development, we don’t know much about what consumers really want.

The mysterious device that OpenAI is cooking up with former Apple designer Jony Ive will be pocket-size, contextually aware, screen-free, and isn’t eyewear. Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed details about the project in an internal staff call reviewed by The Wall Street Journal,

OpenAI is acquiring io, the hardware-based AI startup co-created by Jony Ive, OpenAI announced today. Ive has been working with OpenAI CEO Sam

This marks a notable shift for OpenAI, which has primarily focused on developing AI software, such as the GPT series and its popular ChatGPT platform. The move into hardware could reflect a growing industry trend where AI is being embedded into physical devices for more natural and immediate user experiences.

The leaders of OpenAI and Google have been living rent-free in each other’s heads since ChatGPT caught the world by storm. Heading into this week’s I/O, Googlers were on edge about whether Sam Altman would try to upstage their show like last year, when OpenAI held an event the day before to showcase ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode.

OpenAI has fully acquired Io, a joint venture it cocreated last year with Jony Ive, the famed British designer behind the sleek industrial aesthetic that defined the iPhone and more than two decades of Apple products.

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss all of the major announcements from Google's AI-focused I/O conference this week

OpenAI's acquisition of Ive's io startup could disrupt Google and Apple's strategies, impacting the tech landscape and raising stakes in the AI race.