Jony Ive and OpenAI Discuss Making AI Consumer Hardware Backed by SoftBank

Former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are exploring an AI hardware collaboration.
The goal is to create intuitive consumer devices to interact with AI, like the iPhone for mobile internet.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son may invest over $1 billion in the venture between Ive, OpenAI, and chip designer ARM.
Details remain unclear, with no final product design or formal announcement yet.
The project aims to reinvent consumer tech by combining design, AI, and hardware expertise.