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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Laurene Powell Jobs has the inside track on friend Jony Ive's collaboration with OpenAI—but still wants to see Apple succeed

Philanthropist and entrepreneur Laurene Powell Jobs pictured with friend and Apple design legend Jony Ive (Credit: Dia Dipasupil - Getty Images)
  • OpenAI’s partnership with Jony Ive’s design firm io, backed by Laurene Powell Jobs and her Emerson Collective, is shrouded in secrecy but driven by a shared vision of creating technology that serves humanity and inspires creativity. Despite growing concerns over the darker effects of technology, Powell Jobs and other collaborators remain optimistic that AI can be harnessed as a powerful force for good.

Despite being one of the most-discussed developments in the AI industry, details of the new io-OpenAI device are scarce. But it seems Laurene Powell Jobs, philanthropist and entrepreneur, is one of the few people in the know.

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