This week: Jony Ive’s new best friend, Sam Altman, bought his secretive startup for $6.5 billion! What are they working on? Also: The next big steps for Apple Intelligence and Siri.

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This week’s stories:

Jony Ive, Sam Altman tease mysterious prototype as OpenAI buys io

As OpenAI buys io, honchos Sam Altman and Jony Ive vaguely tease a mystery prototype in a video and webpage announcement.

New details leak about Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s coming ‘AI companions’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman details his company's ambitious plan to produce 100 million AI devices "fully aware of a user's surroundings and life."

Apple plans to open AI models to third-party developers

Apple plans to open AI models to third-party developers in hopes of spurring a lot more app development around Apple Intelligence.
Apple isn’t as far behind in AI as some might fear
Apple might finally let you ditch Siri for a smarter assistant