As confusion reigns over Jony Ive’s iO device, I remain an AI hardware skeptic<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>AI hardware has been in the news this week, with <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/21/apple-is-working-on-an-ai-powered-wearable-pin-report/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the Apple pin report[/url] getting most of the headlines. But there was also a new claim about OpenAI’s <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/22/the-io-device-is-mysterious-and-important-what-could-it-be/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">upcoming AI hardware device[/url] under iO branding.</p>
<p>It’s more than eight months since former Apple design chief <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/jony-ive/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jony Ive[/url] and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman teased it, and we’re still no closer to knowing its form factor. The latest report doesn’t exactly help, appearing to contradict what the pair have already said …</p>
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As confusion reigns over Jony Ive’s iO device, I remain an AI hardware skeptic
