Jony IveS AI Device Delayed amid Personality Concerns

The secretive AI hardware device designed by former Apple design chief Jony Ive and set to be launched by ChatGPT maker OpenAI has reportedly been delayed, as the company struggles to solve three fundamental problems.

One of the challenges is said to be deciding on a personality for the device, with the team trying to make it like a helpful friend rather than “a weird AI girlfriend.”

io: Jony Ive’s AI secretive AI hardware device

Jony Ive and Sam Altman released a video earlier this year which talked about a new AI hardware device without giving any meaningful details about what it was or how it would work.

Trying to figure out what form factor it might take has been an entertaining process.

The only new-ish AI hardware form factor that has so far made any sense to me is