Designer Apple iPhone Sir Johnny Wiva joins

Sir Johnny Yves, an extremely influential British designer who is responsible for the most iconic and successful Apple products joins Openai.

Boss Sam Altman said he was “delighted” to cooperate with the man he called “the greatest designer in the world.”

Openai, Chatgpt manufacturer, buys a startup Sir Johnny, IO, in an agreement of $ 6.5 billion (£ 4.7 billion).

Mr Altman said he was pleased to “try to create a new generation of computers working on AI” together.

Sir Johnny – Developed Imac, iPod, iPhone and iPad – will “take on deep design and creative duties”, two firms said in the message.

In recent years, AI software has achieved rapid achievements that Chatgpt.

But the development of new equipment based on it Attracting a ridicule from reviewers.

Mr. Altman told about his confidence that this partnership could succeed where others could not.

“I think we have the opportunity here to completely remake what it means to use a computer,”-he said in a video that accompanied the ad.

Sir Johnny said he believes the world is on the “new generation technology border”.

Perhaps this is not a long time until this new “family of devices” will not make an impact from the couple.

“The first one we worked on, I think only completely captured our fantasy,” said Sir Johnny.

Mr -n Altman said he had already tried the prototype of a new device developed by Sir Johnny and his team, and believed that it is “the coolest technology that the world was seen.”

Sir Johnny worked at Apple 27 years oldhelping to revive the company with innovative products including iPhone and iPod.

It also developed Imac in 1998 and iPad in 2010.

When Sir Johnny left the company in 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook called him “the only figure in the design world, and his role in Apple’s revival cannot be overstated.”

Apple’s stock declined more than 2% after news about its partnership with Openai.

He left to find his own lovefrom company that has collaborated with companies such as Airbnb and Moncler.

In a merger report, he said that lovefrom “quietly collaborated” with Openai for two years.

The idea of ​​Io, which Sir Johnny founded last year, followed this partnership.

“It became clear that our ambitions for the development, engineers and production of new products demanded a brand new company,” said Sir Johnny and Mr Altman.

According to US media, Openai had 23% of the shares to launch before the Wednesday announced.

Ben Wood, Chief Analyst CCS Insight, said the BBC News that it would be “foolish to bet against Johnny Ive, given his excellent delivering products that violate the market.”

“There is no doubt that Openai would like to have a direct relationship with its customers rather than provide services through devices made by either Apple, Google or others,” he added.

Multiple companies such as Humane Ai and Rabbit tried to build Order devices for the AI ​​era.

However Humane Ai, founded by former Apple executives Fighting its pins AIfaced with criticism of battery life, heat problems, limited functionality and high cost.

Openai sent a wave of investment in II in 2022 when it submitted Chatgpt.

He continued to push into new areas such as shopping and search, causing technological giants.

The plaque in the equipment is as technical competitors such as Meta, Google and Apple, also invested in products such as headsets and glasses, with new capabilities from progress in II.

An additional report by Natalie Sherman