AI Magazine July 2025 | Page 143

Sir Jony will assume design responsibilities across both OpenAI and io operations.
In the video announcing the merger, he said he believed the world was on the“ brink of a new generation of technology.”
Together, they will integrate the hardware development team with OpenAI’ s research and product divisions, which are based in San Francisco.
The‘ companions’ conversation Already, an internal chat between Sam Altman and OpenAI staff has reportedly occurred where Sam is setting a target of shipping 100 million AI‘ companions’.
This gadget is reportedly designed to be entirely aware of a user’ s surroundings and even their life. While they have mostly talked about a single device, Sam said it could be more of a“ family of devices”.
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