On February 11th, according to the news from Connect magazine today, a court document submitted yesterday shows that:OpenAI WILL NOT BE IN ITS FIRST PARAGRAPH AI Hardware productsUse 'ioIt's brand name。
It has been reported that Iyo, the original audio equipment company, had filed a trademark infringement suit against OpenAI last year, when the latter had just acquired the company io created by former Apple Chief Designer Jonathan Yves. In a paper yesterday, Peter Welinder, Vice President of OpenAI, stated that the company had re-examined the branding strategy, and that he was not the only one who did itDecides not to use names such as “io”, “Iyo” in the naming, advertising, marketing and marketing of any AI hardware product.
Welinder added that companies now have a clearer understanding of the timing of the move of hardware products to the market. The file shows:OpenAI's initial hardware equipment will not be shipped to consumers by the end of February 2027.
1AI refers here to Connect, and OpenAI has previously indicated that the company plans to release AI hardware equipment later this year, which is still in the prototype stage, and that this product will be free of screens and can be used on the desk in concert with cell phones and notebooks. Welinder's still in the file, sirThe Division has yet to manufacture packaging or marketing materials for this equipment.
OpenAI has not responded to the request for comment。