Legendary designer Jony Ive has been working with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman to start a new venture after leaving his full-time position at Apple five years ago. The collaboration was first reported last year. Ive confirmed this in his personal profile in The New York Times and shared updates on his activities since leaving Apple. The concept for the startup originated from a dinner dialogue between Ive and Altman last year. While the name of the company has yet to be announced, Ive’s design firm...

Apple's iPhone design director, Evans Hankey, has joined Jony Ive's LoveFrom to develop artificial intelligence hardware in collaboration with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The project is referred to as the 'AI iPhone' and is funded by SoftBank, with Jony Ive and Hankey responsible for the design while Sam Altman handles software development. The concepts currently being discussed by LoveFrom include home devices that may resemble the HomePod, but specific details have not been disclosed.