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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

‘Humanity deserves better’: iPhone designer on new partnership with OpenAI

Two men smile as they look at an iPhone
Jony Ive (left) and Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, inspect an iPhone in 2017. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The designer of the iPhone has promised his next artificial intelligence-enabled device will be driven by a sense that “humanity deserves better”, after admitting feeling “responsibility” for some of the negative consequences of modern technology.

Sir Jony Ive said his new partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, would renew his optimism about technology, amid widespread concerns about the impact of smartphones and social media.

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