OpenAI has scrubbed mentions of io, the {hardware} startup co-founded by well-known Apple designer Jony Ive, from its web site and social media channels. The sudden change carefully follows their latest announcement of OpenAI’s almost $6.5 billion acquisition and plans to create devoted AI {hardware}.
OpenAI tells The Verge the deal remains to be taking place, nevertheless it scrubbed mentions resulting from a trademark lawsuit from Iyo, the listening to machine startup spun out of Google’s moonshot manufacturing facility.
The announcement weblog submit and a nine-minute video that includes Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are now not obtainable. The weblog submit from Ive and Altman saying the deal stated, “The io staff, centered on creating merchandise that encourage, empower and allow, will now merge with OpenAI to work extra intimately with the analysis, engineering and product groups in San Francisco.”
OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wooden:
This web page is quickly down resulting from a courtroom order following a trademark grievance from iyO about our use of the title ‘io.’ We don’t agree with the grievance and are reviewing our choices.
