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 practically $6.5 billion acquisition and plans to create devoted AI {hardware}.
OpenAI tells The Verge the deal remains to be taking place, however it scrubbed mentions as a result of a trademark lawsuit from Iyo, the listening to machine startup spun out of Google’s moonshot manufacturing facility.
The announcement weblog put up and a nine-minute video that includes Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are not obtainable. The weblog put up from Ive and Altman saying the deal stated, “The io crew, targeted 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 as a result of a court docket order following a trademark criticism from iyO about our use of the identify ‘io.’ We don’t agree with the criticism and are reviewing our choices.
