In May 2025, Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced a partnership that would disrupt what personal computing devices meant in the age of AI. Beyond smartphones or laptops, they promised to bring to the fore screen-less devices that were highly ultraportable and equipped with cutting edge AI like ChatGPT available in voice mode. Ironman’s JARVIS commoditised for the average Joe is how I like to imagine it right now.

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Not counting a “silly” lawsuit, as Altman called it at the time, from plaintiff Iyo who alleged “io” – the Jony Ive design startup acquired by OpenAI for $6.5 billion in May 2025 – stole its concepts for a screenless, AI-powered voice-controlled earbud-form factor devices, the dynamic duo of Altman and Ive are finding out just how h

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