OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship in between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, by the way, OpenAIs $6.5 billion offer to obtain Ive and Altmans device start-up io) from its website and YouTube page.Does that recommend something is amiss with the acquisition, or with prepare for Ive to lead style work at OpenAI? Not exactly, according to Bloombergs Mark Gurman, who reports that the deal is on track and has actually NOT dissolved or anything of the sort.
Instead, he said a judge has actually issued a limiting order over the io name, forcing the company to pull all products that used it.OpenAI consequently validated this holds true, upgrading the old announcement page with the declaration, This page is briefly down due to a court order following a hallmark problem from iyO about our usage of the name io.
We dont agree with the problem and are examining our options.The business said this does not impact the deal with io.The iyO in concern emerged from the Alphabet X moonshot factory, and its first revealed product is a set of generative AI-powered earbuds.
An earlier report at Bloomberg Law noted that iyO had brought a hallmark suit versus OpenAI, with the judge suggesting shes open to the business argument that OpenAIs marketing video may already be producing customer confusion.For now, at least, the video stays viewable on X.This post has been upgraded with confirmation from OpenAI.