Right here’s what we all know: it’s in all probability not sensible glasses. Past that, we don’t know a lot about what Jony Ive and OpenAI are constructing via their newly mixed firm io, besides that it’s some sort of AI super-gadget. However after a few years of watching the trade attempt to shove AI into each type issue you possibly can think about, we’ve got some guesses.
On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Alex Heath to speak via all of the issues we all know, sort of know, and don’t know in any respect about what io is as much as. There’s some interesting reporting on the notion of the machine as a companion to your cellphone and laptop computer, some connections to the original iPod Shuffle, and nonetheless lots of questions on how this can work and whether or not you’ll need it. We received’t see this machine for some time, however don’t fear — we’ll certainly preserve speaking about it.
Lastly, within the lightning spherical, it’s time for an additional version of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, as a result of, effectively, you recognize the rationale. We additionally speak about some breaking sensible glasses information from Apple, and Alex’s expertise with the Android XR prototypes at I/O. It looks like all people besides OpenAI is betting on sensible glasses. We’ll see who’s proper.
If you wish to know extra about all the pieces we focus on on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on Io:
And in Microsoft Construct / net information:
And within the lightning spherical: