Apple Intensifies Talks With OpenAI for iPhone Generative AI Features

  • The iPhone maker has also been holding discussions with Google
  • Negotiations center on powering AI chatbot in iOS 18 update
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Apple Inc. has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s technology to power some new features coming to the iPhone later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

The two companies have begun discussing terms of a possible agreement and how the OpenAI features would be integrated into Apple’s iOS 18, the next iPhone operating system, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.