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OpenAI preparing 'legal action' against Apple over Siri partnership ...
Apple and OpenAI inked a deal to integrate ChatGPT with Siri as part of iOS 18 in 2024. According to a new report today, however, OpenAI is displeased with how the partnership has played out and is considering taking legal action against Apple. According to Bloomberg, OpenAI lawyers are working with an outside legal firm “on a range of options that could be formally executed in the near future.” One possible outcome is that OpenAI sends Apple a notice “alleging breach of contract without necessarily filing a full lawsuit at the outset.” The report says: “OpenAI believed that the companies’ partnership, which wove ChatGPT into Apple software, would coax more users into subscribing to the chatbot. It also expected deeper integration across more Apple apps and prime placement within the Siri assistant.” An unnamed OpenAI executive, quoted by Bloomberg, alleges that the company has “done everything from a product perspective,” while Apple has not held up its end of the deal. “We have done everything from a product perspective,” the executive said. “They have not, and worse, they haven’t even made an honest effort.” One aspect of the OpenAI integration into iOS is the ability to sign up for a paid ChatGPT subscription via the Settings app on iPhone. OpenAI reportedly believed this “could generate billions of dollars per year in subscriptions,” which apparently “hasn’t come close to happening.” “When we heard about this opportunity, it sounded amazing: being able to acquire a giant number of customers and have distribution in such a big mobile ecosystem,” said the OpenAI executive. At the time, though, Apple was unwilling to share exactly what the product would be, the person said. “They basically said, ‘OpenAI needs to take a leap of faith and trust us,’” the executive said, adding that the deal ended up being a failure for the startup. There is no money changing hands between Apple and OpenAI as part of this deal, outside of Apple getting a cut of those subscriptions. Apple is not paying OpenAI for use of its technology. OpenAI’s displeasure comes ahead of WWDC, where Apple is expected to announce a next-generation version of Siri powered by Google Gemini. iOS 27 will also reportedly let users integrate with other AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude. Apple opening the iPhone up to other AI models “isn’t driving the company’s legal action since the partnership wasn’t meant to be exclusive from the start,” according to the unnamed OpenAI executive...
OpenAI could take some kind of legal action against Apple.
Posted May 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTCJExternal LinkOpenAI could take some kind of legal action against Apple.OpenAI thought it would get more subscribers from how ChatGPT was baked into Apple’s operating systems and that there would be deeper integration, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Among the legal options on the table is OpenAI “sending the iPhone maker a notice alleging breach of contract without necessarily filing a full lawsuit at the outset,” Gurman reports.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay Peters
OpenAI Enlists Law Firm to Prepare Legal Action Against Apple
OpenAI has retained a law firm to explore legal actions against Apple (AAPL), according to people familiar with the matter. The dispute centers on Apple's App Store policies and their impact on OpenAI's ability to distribute AI services. The move signals escalating tensions between AI developers and platform gatekeepers.
OpenAI explores legal options against Apple, Bloomberg News reports
Apple's two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has become strained, with the AI startup failing to see the expected benefits from the deal and now preparing possible legal action, Bloomberg ...
