A lawsuit surrounding Jony Ive's firmware might mute the buzz, but OpenAI's 'io' acquisition is not off the table. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

Apple today revealed a number of updates for Image Playground and Genmoji. ChatGPT image generation is now available directly in ‌Image Playground‌, with new ChatGPT styles, such as Oil Painting, Vector, Anime, Print, and Watercolor. There is also a new ‌Image Playground‌ API for developers to use. Text descriptions can now be turned into a ‌Genmoji‌, and two emojis can be combined. There are more options to customize Genmojis of people with different hairstyles and expressions. More to follow...Tags: Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Image Playground, WWDC 2025This article, "ChatGPT Integration Coming to Apple's Image Playground" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums

OpenAI has announced some new productivity features for ChatGPT, adding direct integration with major cloud storage services and introducing meeting recording capabilities for business users. The AI chatbot can now connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, and SharePoint, allowing users to query information directly from their stored documents and files. Use case examples include a financial analyst asking ChatGPT to pull data from company reports to generate investment insights, or a marketing professional analyzing product presentations without leaving the ChatGPT interface. OpenAI says the cloud integrations respect existing organizational access controls, so ChatGPT can only access documents it is authorized to view. The company says that data accessed through these connectors won't be used to train its models for…

Artist’s conception of OpenAI GenAI device (image: Ben Geskin via X) Jony Ive, the iconic designer behind Apple’s iPhone, has partnered with OpenAI in a $6.5 billion deal announced on May 21, 2025, to create a new AI hardware device, aiming to redefine how humans interact with technology. This collaboration follows OpenAI’s acquisition of Ive’s startup, io Products, Inc., marking the company’s largest acquisition to date and bringing in Ive’s team of 55 engineers and researchers. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Thursday provides some color on this new new AI hardware device. Ming-Chi Kuo via X: ‎ My industry research indicates the following regarding the new AI hardware device from Jony Ive’s collaboration with OpenAI: 1. Mass production…

Jony Ive (left) and Sam Altman Jony Ive re-entered the computer industry through a $6.4 billion merger between his new hardware company, io Products, Inc., and OpenAI. Ive will guide OpenAI on hardware design, joined by some of his ex-Apple colleagues. The move highlights the belief that advanced AI assistants could disrupt the gadget market, potentially overshadowing Apple’s current MacBooks and iPhones. Kif Leswing for CNBC: ‎ Before Jony Ive left Apple in 2019, no major Apple hardware launch was complete without a video highlighting the product’s physical design, narrated by Ive’s gentle British accent. He became a touchstone in Silicon Valley for great hardware because of his role in the creation of the iPhone and Apple Watch. On Wednesday,…

OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive’s startup, io Products, for $6.5 billion, appointing the former Apple iPhone design chief as creative head to develop generative AI-focused ChatGPT devices. LoveFrom, Ive’s design firm post-Apple, has collaborated with OpenAI for two years on AI devices, navigating challenges like high computing demands that have tripped up startups like Humane’s AI Pin. Reuters: ‎ With Ive leading design, OpenAI aims to pair the technology behind its popular ChatGPT chatbot with the product design expertise that made devices such as the iPhone bestsellers. “The products that we’re using to deliver and connect us to unimaginable technology. They’re decades old, yeah, and so it’s just common sense to at least think surely there’s something beyond these legacy…