Who is Sir Jony Ive: The design icon behind the iPhone joins OpenAI’s hardware push

For years, Jony Ive’s work spoke louder than his words. The soft-spoken British designer behind the iPhone, iMac, and iPod never chased the limelight—but his creations became cultural touchstones. His designs weren’t just beautiful. They were intuitive, almost inevitable. The click wheel. The unibody laptop. The rounded edges of a screen that fit just right in your hand.

Now, the man who redefined consumer technology is taking on his most mysterious brief yet: making artificial intelligence feel human.

In a move that’s sending ripples through…