Apple is in talks to put money into synthetic intelligence firm OpenAI, in line with sources cited by The Wall Avenue Journal.
The report didn’t point out how a lot cash Apple could be investing in OpenAI, or present any extra particulars in regards to the discussions, nevertheless it mentioned this newest fundraising spherical would worth the ChatGPT maker above $100 billion.
Apple beforehand introduced that ChatGPT integration is coming to Siri on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia earlier than the top of the yr.
With consumer permission, Siri will be capable of present ChatGPT solutions immediately in response to questions and different prompts. ChatGPT may also be an choice for Apple’s system-wide Writing Instruments characteristic, permitting customers to generate textual content and pictures. Apple mentioned ChatGPT will probably be powered by OpenAI’s newest GPT-4o mannequin on its platforms.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac customers will be capable of use ChatGPT at no cost, with out creating an account, and ChatGPT Plus subscribers will be capable of join their accounts to entry paid options on these units. Apple mentioned OpenAI won’t retailer ChatGPT requests comprised of its units, and it mentioned customers’ IP addresses will probably be obscured.
Apple Intelligence options began rolling out to builders for testing within the iOS 18.1 beta final month, however ChatGPT integration shouldn’t be accessible but.
Apple Intelligence options require an iPhone 15 Professional or iPhone 15 Professional Max, or a Mac or iPad outfitted with an M1 chip or newer. The machine’s language have to be set to U.S. English, with help for extra languages to roll out over the subsequent yr.
Microsoft can be planning to additional put money into OpenAI, the report mentioned.