In 2019, after a 27-year stint at Apple, Jony Ive and former colleague Marc Newson co-founded the design consultancy LoveFrom. Although LoveFrom initially maintained a partnership with Apple, this collaboration ended in June 2022.
In a significant power move, OpenAI unleashed its o1-preview model on September 12, 2024, touting it as an AI powerhouse capable of complex reasoning. The model is now available for a test drive in ChatGPT and via API.
At WWDC 2024, Apple finally unveiled its AI strategy, easing concerns about falling behind in the AI era - problems that weren't unfounded.