Insiders reveal: OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.OpenAI's relationship with Apple is tense, and OpenAI is considering legal action, accusing Apple of breaching the contract. Although OpenAI hopes to resolve the differences through non-legal means, its legal team has begun exploring countermeasures. Apple plans to integrate its self-developed "Apple Intelligence" technology with OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2024, but the cooperation between the two parties has deteriorated, and OpenAI's attempts to restart negotiations have stalled. Apple also plans to introduce other AI models, which may affect OpenAI's exclusive partnership status
Informed sources revealed on Thursday that the two-year partnership between Apple and OpenAI has become strained. The artificial intelligence startup has failed to achieve the expected benefits from its collaboration with Apple and is currently considering legal action.
According to sources, OpenAI initially hoped to resolve its differences with Apple without resorting to legal means, but its legal team has joined forces with external law firms to explore various response options. These options include sending a letter to Apple accusing it of breaching the contract, but not yet filing a formal lawsuit. This news also confirms previous reports by Bloomberg regarding internal discussions at OpenAI.
Apple has not yet responded to requests for comment.
In 2024, Apple announced that it would fully integrate its self-developed "Apple Intelligence" technology into applications such as Siri and connect OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT within its devices.
The collaboration would allow users to access ChatGPT services through Siri, and iPhone users could also directly subscribe to ChatGPT memberships in the iOS settings interface.
Reports indicate that OpenAI initially expected this partnership to significantly boost ChatGPT subscription numbers and achieve deep integration with all of Apple's applications, but the relationship has deteriorated, and OpenAI's attempts to restart negotiations on the partnership agreement have stalled.
Media reports this month stated that Apple is about to allow users to choose from multiple third-party AI models, which may result in OpenAI losing its exclusive partnership status within the Apple ecosystem.
The reports also mentioned that Apple is advancing tests for integrating Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini AI models.
Informed sources confirmed that Apple's introduction of other AI partners is not the reason for OpenAI's consideration of legal action, as the partnership has never been exclusive from the beginning.
Google's Gemini is expected to provide technical support for Apple's newly upgraded Siri this year. Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled for June, where more details about its artificial intelligence strategy are expected to be announced