Openai CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Johnny Eveh’s hardware company is not allegedly manufacturing a wearing device. On Sunday, the company removed its “IO” branding from everywhere due to a trademark trial. Now, according to the report, the court filing for the suit has revealed that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) device in the works is not wearing. However, there is still not much clarity what it really is. In particular, the court filing has also reportedly revealed that the device will not be launched before 2026.
Altman and IVE are allegedly not working on a wearer
On Sunday, Openi Along with the partnership with IVE -removed its declaration video about any web page and blog post, referring to the word “IO”, which was the name of the enterprise. Later, in a Post On X (East was known as Twitter), the official handle of OpenEE News Room issued a statement stating that the announcement page was temporarily taken down due to a trademark complaint from IYO.
Interestingly, Iyo, an AI startup, had left the moonshot factory of Google. According to a techcrunch ReportIt is developing an AI in-age device that can connect with other devices, and alleges that the IO is also working on a similar product. Google-supported AI startups allegedly met with IYO team that they also filed documents highlighting Openai and IO officials, and later presented a demo of their in-age device. Openai said “We do not agree with the complaint and are reviewing our options.”
Representatives of Openai and IO have reportedly stated that companies bought more than 30 different headphones to detect recent trends, reducing the allegations. Now, a new 26-page Announcement In court by Tang Tan, IO co-founder and chief hardware officer of products, and a former Apple executive, suggests that the under-development device is not a pair of earphones or headphones.
Tang claimed that IO’s launch video does not have a prototype “in-age device, nor a wearet device.” He also said that IO was not planning to sell any product for at least one more year. In particular, Altman also earlier also stated during an internal employee call that AI device is being developed. There is nothing that can be worn on the body.
However, he claimed that it would be “a third core device. A person would put a MacBook Pro and an iPhone on his desk after an iPhone.”