Unpacking the rationale behind OpenAI's $6.4 billion acqusition of Jony Ive's startup
CNBC's Arjun Kharpal discusses why OpenAI has decided to acquire Jony Ive's startup called io and what the ChatGPT-maker could be planning.
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