Apple reportedly in talks with OpenAI for iOS 18 chatbot

Regardless of ongoing discussions with Google, Apple is reportedly intensifying talks with OpenAI to assist convey generative AI options to the iPhone.

The report comes by way of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who notes that Apple has “renewed discussions with OpenAI about utilizing the startup’s expertise to energy some new options coming to the iPhone later this 12 months.”

In line with Gurman, a dialogue between the 2 corporations occurred earlier this 12 months however issues had gone quieter, whereas Apple and Google continued to debate the licensing of Gemini, the latter’s chatbot, to be used on the iPhone.

Gurman notes the negotiations might result in nothing, or Apple signing offers with each OpenAI and Google.

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iOS 18’s AI options

iOS 18 is predicted to supply a set of AI-focused options as headline additions to the iPhone’s working system, and a number of stories have prompt whichever agency Apple companions with will work to offer a chatbot-style interface.

Gurman additionally notes that, alongside OpenAI (the creators of ChatGPT), AI startup Anthropic (of the Claude 3 chatbot) have additionally been concerned in negotiations to some extent.

With Apple starting to pivot {hardware} to assist on-device processing of AI duties (see the MacBook Air M3 and Apple Watch Sequence 9), the query now’s whether or not the iPhone 16 will see the debut of latest generative AI options that make use of the A18 chip.

We’re prone to discover out rather more at WWDC 2024 on June 10, but it surely’ll be fascinating to see how discussions unfold within the meantime.