Apple iPhone designer Sir Jony Ive joins ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

The man who designed the iPad, iMac and iPhone will try to come up with a new generation of products for the AI era.

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Boss Sam Altman said he was "thrilled" to be partnering with the man he called the "greatest designer in the world".

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is buying Sir Jony's startup, io, in a $6.5bn (£4.7bn) deal.

Mr Altman said he was excited to "try to create a new generation of AI-powered computers" together.

Sir Jony - who designed the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - will "assume deep design and creative responsibilities" across the company, the two firms said in an announcement.