OpenAI explores legal options against Apple: Reports

In 2024, Apple announced integration of its “Apple Intelligence” technology across ‌its apps incluing Siri and bringing OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to its devices.

Their partnership allows users to access ChatGPT results through Siri, while iPhone users can also sign up for ChatGPT memberships directly from the iOS settings menu.

OpenAI believed that the deal would boost ChatGPT subscriptions and lead to deeper integration ⁠across Apple apps, but ⁠the relationship has deteriorated, the report said, adding that OpenAI’s attempts at renegotiating the deal have ⁠stalled.

Bloomberg News ‌reported this month that Apple will allow users ​to select from third-party AI models and ‌OpenAI could lose its unique role within Apple’s software.

Apple is testing integrations with both Anthropic’s Claude and Google Gemini ‌as part of ​this push, ​the report ​said.

Apple’s embrace of other AI providers is not driving the company’s legal action, the source confirmed, ​because the partnership was not meant to be ⁠exclusive from the start.

Google’s Gemini is expected to power Apple’s revamped Siri coming this year. Apple is scheduled to hold its ‌annual software developer ⁠conference in June, where it is expected to reveal more details about its AI plans.