OpenAI and Jony Ive's io are developing a new mass-market AI hardware device but face a trademark lawsuit from iyO, a competing startup. This lawsuit has led OpenAI to pull promotional materials related to their collaboration with io. Recent filings reveal that OpenAI has researched in-ear hardware by purchasing multiple headphone sets. The nature of their first device remains unclear, with reports suggesting it may not even be headphones. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, indicated a family of devices is in the works, highlighting the ongoing innovation despite legal hurdles.
For the last year, OpenAI executives and former Apple leaders now working at io have vigorously researched in-ear hardware devices, according to filings submitted in iyO's lawsuit.
Tang Tan, a longtime Apple executive that co-founded io and serves as the startup's chief hardware officer, claims in a declaration to the court that the prototype OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned in io's launch video "is not an in-ear device, nor a wearable device."
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