OPENAI pulled a widely discussed video by promoting friendship between CEO Sam Altman and the legendary designer Apple Jony IVE (more, moreover, the agreement of $ 6.5 billion from Openai to acquire the start of the IVE and Altman apparatus) from his website and the YouTube page.
Does this suggest that something is wrong with the acquisition, or with plans for me to direct design work in Openai? Not exactly, According to Mark Gurman from BloombergWho reports that “the agreement is on the right track and has not dissolved or anything like it”. Instead, he said that a judge had made a ban on the name of IO, forcing the company to draw all the materials that used it.
Openai then confirmed that it was, updated The old advertisement With the declaration: “This page is temporarily decreasing due to a court order following a brand complaint of Iyo concerning our use of the name” IO “. We do not agree with the complaint and examine our options. »»
The company said it does not affect the agreement with IO.
The Iyo in question is emerged from the alphabet X “Moonshot Factory”, and its first announced product is a set of generative headphones powered by the AI. A report prior to Bloomberg’s law noted that Iyo had brought legal action against OpenaiThe judge suggesting that it is open to the company’s argument that OPENAI’s promotional video could already create confusion of consumers.
For the moment, at least, the video remains visible on X.
This message has been updated with OpenAI confirmation.
