OpenAI and Jony Ive’s ‘IO’ brand has vanished, but their AI hardware deal remains | The Verge
OpenAI and Jony Ive are facing a lawsuit over their AI hardware project, and scrubbed posts referencing the IO name. OpenAI has scrubbed mentions of io, the hardware startup co-founded by famous Apple designer Jony Ive, from its website and social media channels.This page is temporarily down due to a court order following a trademark complaint from iyO about our use of the name ‘io.’ We don’t agree with the complaint and are reviewing our options.The blog post from Ive and Altman announcing the deal said, “The io team, focused on developing products that inspire, empower and enable, will now merge with OpenAI to work more intimately with the research, engineering and product teams in San Francisco.”AI in and out.