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Apple iPhone designer Sir Jony Ive joins ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Apple iPhone designer Sir Jony Ive joins ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Graham Fraser

Technology Reporter

Getty Images Jony Ive in glasses presents the Fashion Icon award on stage during The Fashion Awards 2019 held at Royal Albert Hall on December 02, 2019 in London, England. Getty Images

Sir Jony Ive, the hugely influential British designer responsible for the look of Apple’s most iconic and successful products, is joining OpenAI.

Boss Sam Altman said he was “thrilled” to be partnering with the man he called the “greatest designer in the world”.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is buying Sir Jony’s startup, io, in a $6.5bn (£4.7bn) deal.

Mr Altman said he was excited to “try to create a new generation of AI-powered computers” together.

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