Openai withdraws promotional materials on the Jony Ive deal because of the court order

Openai pulled a It has been discussed a lot The video that enhances the friendship between CEO Sam German and the legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (in addition, by the way, Openai’s deal worth $ 6.5 billion to acquire IVE and Altman’s Device Startup IO) from Website And youtube page.

Does this indicate that something is wrong with the acquisition, or with plans to prepare design work in Openai? Not exactly, According to Mark Gorman from BloombergWho states that “the deal is on the right track and has not been resolved or anything like that.” Instead, he said that the judge issued a restricted order on the name IO, forcing the company to withdraw all the materials it used.

Openai later confirmed that this is the case, the update Old advertising page With the statement, “This page is temporarily declining due to the court’s order after IYO brand complaint about our use of the name” IO “. We do not agree with the complaint and review our options.”

The company said this does not affect the deal with IO.

IYO appeared from Alphabet X “Moonshot Factory”, and the first product was announced A collection of deposit ear headphones. A previous report on the Bloomberg Law indicated that IYO was A lawsuit was filed against OpenaiWith the judge suggesting that it is open to the company’s argument that Openai’s promotional video may actually create a confusion for consumers.

At the present time, at least, the video remains It can be shown on X.

This post has been updated with confirmation of Openai.