There aren't many particulars. He met Altman via Brian Chesky, CEO of AirBNB, and the mission is funded by Ive and Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs' firm. The New York Instances claims it may increase $1 billion in funding by the top of the yr. There was no point out of Masayoshi Son, Softbank's CEO who was rumored final yr to have invested $1 billion within the mission.
The mission at the moment solely has ten workers, however they embrace Tang Tan and Evans Hankey, two key individuals working with Ive on the iPhone. As for the system itself? Final yr it was rumored to be impressed by touchscreen know-how and the unique iPhone, which is sensible given Tan and Hankey's involvement.
There's nonetheless no timeline on after we'll be taught extra about this mission, however what little data has surfaced within the New York Instances sounds very acquainted to anybody who has been following the AI hardware scene for the previous yr.
Mr. Altman and Mr. Ive talked about how generative AI made it doable to create a brand new computing system as a result of the know-how may do extra for customers than conventional software program, as a result of it may summarize and prioritize messages, establish and title objects akin to vegetation and eventually subject complexes. requests akin to journey reserving.