(Reuters) -Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about utilizing the startup’s generative AI expertise to energy some new options being launched within the iPhone later this yr, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
The firms have begun discussing phrases of a possible settlement and the way OpenAI options can be built-in into Apple’s subsequent iPhone working system, iOS 18, the report stated, citing folks conversant in the matter.
Apple (NASDAQ:) and OpenAI didn’t instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark.
Bloomberg reported final month that Apple was in talks to license Google’s Gemini chatbot for brand new iPhone options.
Apple has not made a ultimate determination on which companions it can use, and will attain an settlement with each OpenAI and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc’s Google or decide one other supplier fully, the Bloomberg report stated.
Apple has been slower in rolling out generative AI, which might generate human-like responses to written prompts, than rivals similar to Microsoft (NASDAQ:) and Google, that are weaving them into merchandise.
Apple CEO Tim Cook stated in February that the corporate was investing “significantly” in generative AI and would reveal extra about its plans to place the expertise to make use of later this yr.