OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's io for $6.5B, Meta revives AI friends, Shopify boosts store building, Yiwu’s Sun Lijuan thrives with AI, Mitsubishi exits China.
OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's io for $6.5B, Meta revives AI friends, Shopify boosts store building, Yiwu’s Sun Lijuan thrives with AI, Mitsubishi exits China.
OpenAI Buys Jony Ive's AI Team for Future AI Devices. OpenAI just bought Jony Ive's hardware startup io for nearly $6.5B. The team's in, aiming for 2026 devices. Ive's LoveFrom is now set to design across all of OpenAI. A major AI hardware shakeup is brewing.
Meta Pushes AI Friends, But People Still Crave Realness. Zuck's FTC testimony: social media is now content-first, not friend-focused. Yet Meta's reviving friend features + AI pals. A new strategy or just Meta keeping us hooked?
Yiwu Shops Use AI to Boost Sales Around the World. Fascinating AI adoption in Yiwu. Merchants like Sun Lijuan are using AI for hyper-localized product videos in 36 languages, complete with synced lip movements. Boosting sales for 30k businesses.
Mitsubishi Bows Out of China, Selling Cars as GAC Expands. Mitsubishi is officially withdrawing from China. Their joint plant will be retooled by GAC Aion for EV production, with some workers transitioning. A significant move amid China's EV boom.
