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"Don't make him a killing machine!": Hitman developer IO Interactive got the James Bond gig because its games are more about creativity and stealth than shooting

Just because he has a license to kill doesn't mean he needs to go overboard

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OpenAI’s $6.5 billion purchase fuels Sam Altman’s quest to build next-gen computers for “transcendentally good” AI — The biggest tech disruption since the iPhone?

OpenAI has finally closed its $6.5 billion deal to acquire former Apple designer Jony Ive's AI device startup, io, after a few months of negotiations.

Windows Central

AI device startup that sued OpenAI and Jony Ive is now suing its own ex-employee over trade secrets

A secretive competition to build a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence chatbots is getting a messy public airing as OpenAI fights a trademark dispute over its stealth hardware project with legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive

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OpenAI Finalizes $6.5 Billion Deal To Acquire Jony Ive's AI Hardware Startup—Here's What We Know About Their First Device

OpenAI has finally completed its $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's AI hardware startup io Products, officially bringing the former Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) design chief and his team into the fold to build a new generation of AI-native devices.

Benzinga

Sam Altman admits current computers were designed for an AI-free world — but OpenAI's new type of computer will make the AI revolution "transcendentally good"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently hinted that the company might be developing a new type of computer, poised to make the AI revolution "transcendentally good."

Windows Central

Jonny Ive is going to deliver another iPod moment – and OpenAI knows it

He needs to put the 'human' into the tech.

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Sam Altman fires back at ‘silly’ lawsuit from what he claims is a desperate CEO who has been persistent in seeking investment from OpenAI

One trademark attorney says Iyo has a strong case.

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IO Interactive CEO estimates that Hitman 3 only cost a fifth of Hitman 2016's budget because the studio was brave enough to stop making new bathrooms for every game: 'I swore never to do more new toilets'

How close is anyone really looking at the bathroom fixtures anyway?

PC Gamer

007 First Light could feature live-service missions in the vein of Hitman, as IO Interactive teases "you could expect that we'll be applying some of our learnings from World of Assassination to Bond"

Maybe costume DLC to make him become Robbie Williams instead of just looking like him

GamesRadar

Sam Altman Slams Trademark Lawsuit Over 'io' As 'Silly' And 'Disappointing' After OpenAI Scrubs Jony Ive Deal From Website Under Judge's Order

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed a trademark lawsuit filed by hardware startup Iyo as “silly” and “disappointing” after a judge ordered ChatGPT-parent to remove references to its collaboration with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) designer Jony Ive.

Benzinga

We still don't know what Jony Ive's ChatGPT device is, but we now know what it's not

OpenAI's IO paid close attention to the iyO One headphone, but says its first product isn't an in-ear AI device.

Altman and Ive's internet-breaking 'io' project just vanished, and its name is to blame

No, Altman and Ive didn’t pull the plug. A court did, kind of.

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OpenAI scrubs mention of Jony Ive partnership after judge’s ruling over trademark dispute

OpenAI has to stop advertising a partnership project with an iPhone designer due to a trademark dispute. But the case hints at what we could expect from the Jony Ive partnership.

Euronews

OpenAI takes down mentions of Jony Ive’s io amid trademark row

ChatGPT developer forced to act after receiving legal complaint from earbud maker iyO

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007: First Light developer IO Interactive’s Chief Technology Officer says the Hitman studio is ‘working with NVIDIA right now’ to make the game look mind-blowing on every platform

IO Interactive’s upcoming 007 First Light showcases the power and flexibility of its proprietary Glacier engine, enabling high-end visuals, seamless multiplatform support, and rapid real-time development.

Inverse

007 First Light Shows A Side Of Bond That Never Made Its Way To the Big Screen

In an exclusive interview, 007 First Light's art director dives into his unique take on James Bond, and how to make a game that feels "agenty."

GamesRadar

007 First Light leads say James Bond is no Agent 47: "If Hitman is a single-minded killer and basically the bad guy of the game, Bond is the hero"

IO Interactive promises a fresh take on 007, putting real character into the next James Bond game

Evening Standard

Rotten Apple: are we finally watching the death of the iPhone?

As Donald Trump turns on Tim Cook and rivals gain traction, Joe Bromley asks if time's up for the tech giant

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007 First Light: Everything we know so far about IO Interactive's new Bond game

007 First Light is the James Bond origin story you've been waiting for – shaken, not stirred

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007: First Light devs chose a James Bond origin story to help be "more relatable" to a "younger audience maybe than the Bond franchise is used to"

"There's a lot of youth in" IO's Bond - and maybe some "recklessness too"

PC Gamer

James Bond doesn't need an origin story: IO's game looks great, but why has it turned 007 into a baby-faced Nathan Drake?

On Her Majesty's Smuggest Service.

Euronews

New James Bond game ‘007 First Light’ unveiled

The veil has finally been lifted on a long-gestating James Bond game, ‘007 First Light’. It'll follow an "original standalone" story in which Bond earns his designation as 007 – much like he did at the start of ‘Casino Royale’.

GamesRadar

007: First Light brings Casino Royale energy to the Hitman devs' James Bond game

Project 007 has been unveiled - and so has its Bond

PC Gamer

IO's James Bond game is called 007 First Light, will be revealed later this week

The name's Light. First Light.

GamesRadar

007 First Light is officially the name for Hitman studio's James Bond game, and it looks to be an origin story

The game will be revealed later this week as a part of Summer Game Fest

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