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Wearables Have Flopped. Can Jony Ive and OpenAI Change That?

  • Jony Ive, former Apple design chief, partnered with OpenAI in 2024 through a $6.5 billion acquisition of his AI hardware startup io, aiming to develop new AI devices.
  • This partnership follows a decade of failed wearable tech attempts like Google Glass and Humane's AI Pin, which struggled due to user-unfriendly designs rather than technology limits.
  • OpenAI and Ive combine AI expertise with design skills to produce a compact, unobtrusive gadget expected to launch in 2026 as a third device alongside smartphones and laptops.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the device as an extraordinary breakthrough in technology, while analyst Ben Bajarin predicted that AI-powered wearables could become available within the next one to two years.
  • Though the success remains uncertain amid strong competition from Google, Apple, and Meta, this venture signals a possible turning point for wearables and AI-driven personal devices.
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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
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