Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device

Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device

Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io reveal new details about the companies’ efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware device. The filings are part of a trademark dispute lawsuit filed this month by iyO, a Google-backed hardware startup developing custom-molded earpieces that connect to other devices. Over … Read more

OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order

OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order

OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. Does that suggest something is amiss with the acquisition, or with plans for Ive to lead … Read more

What Has Changed in SEO? | Whiteboard Friday Revisited With Cyrus Shepard

What Has Changed in SEO? | Whiteboard Friday Revisited With Cyrus Shepard

Links still matter; that hasn’t changed. While tactics have evolved, they are still one of the key signals search engines use to understand authority.  In the original Whiteboard Friday video, Cyrus confides: “No, kidding. Everybody hates link building. Link building is so hard. There are some professionals and some great people in the industry who … Read more

European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech

European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech

European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times. The flashpoint seems to come after President Donald Trump sanctioned Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, over the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more