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OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

joshstrange wrote: post #66
CGMthrowaway wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one is forcing you to invest in said companies. As an investor it's up to you to do due diligence on the board, conflict of interest disclosures, whether sizeable acquisitions require shareholder approval, etc. This is on top of blanket legal protections that already exist in case you didn't want to do your own DD, like duty of loyalty, care and fiduciary; SEC disclosures, AD @ the DoJ, FTC, etc.

Not sure what you are replying to. I'm not investing in OpenAI nor do I want to. I can call out BS behavior without being an investor.

Although “you” is often used to refer to a specific person or persons (e.g., “How did you get to work today?”), in many languages, it can also be used to refer to people in general (e.g., “You avoid rush hour if you can.”).

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2010939117#:~:text=Alt...

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by lolinder »

hexator wrote: post #90
seatac76 wrote: post #35

That is an insane amount to hire Johnny Ive. Just to signal to the market that OpenAI is getting into hardware, what on earth could they be building towards. They’ve been writing some big checks off late, these costs will have to be justified soon enough.

The obvious answer would be some sort of consumer AI assistant, like Siri but better.

This is a bet that's as insane as the Apple car. They're going to try to get people to buy a specialized device from a company that isn't just a software company but really a B2B API company—the only successful consumer-facing product they have ever released was an accident, a tech demo that went viral.

And what exactly is that device going to do that the iPhone (and smartphones in general) can't already do with at a minimum a few small tweaks to the existing flagships?

In the right context vertical integration can make sense, but hardware is a big stretch for OpenAI right now. They haven't even really pinned down the consumer software angle yet.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by peaseagee »

izolate wrote: post #97
arusahni wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the same dude who brought us the butterfly keyboard, so I'm anticipating a form-beating-function failure (if they actually ship something).

It's also the same dude who brought us beloved products in Apple's lineup. It's almost a meme at this point to say that Jony Ive's genius needs a containing force like Steve Jobs. Perhaps Sam Altman can fill that role.

Altman can't fill that role for himself, I don't think he could do it for Ive...

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by jihadjihad »

nickrubin wrote: post #7

OpenAI announcement: https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/

The whole thing is almost indistinguishable from satire, without the domain name I'd have thought I'd been had.

The photo, the text, the video where Sam nearly looks like CGI, and then the quotes at the bottom really make for a full package of cringe.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by jodydonetti »

seatac76 wrote: post #35

That is an insane amount to hire Johnny Ive. Just to signal to the market that OpenAI is getting into hardware, what on earth could they be building towards. They’ve been writing some big checks off late, these costs will have to be justified soon enough.

Acqui-hire startup -> Jony onboard -> new device with OpenAI exclusive features -> Windows Phone is back. /s (kinda)
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