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OpenAI\u2019s Siri alliance frays over money and control.<\/p>\n
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OpenAI is exploring legal options against Apple over their two\u2011year\u2011old deal to weave ChatGPT into Siri and iOS, amid frustration that the integration has failed to deliver the subscriber growth and commercial upside the startup expected. According to Bloomberg<\/a>, OpenAI\u2019s lawyers are \u201cactively working with an outside legal firm on a range of options that could be formally executed in the near future,\u201d including a breach\u2011of\u2011contract notice that would stop short of immediately filing suit.[3][5][7][1][2]<\/p>\n The partnership, announced at Apple\u2019s WWDC in 2024, allowed Siri to hand off complex queries to ChatGPT and folded OpenAI\u2019s model into iOS \u201cVisual Intelligence\u201d features, where users can point their camera at objects or documents and ask questions that are routed to ChatGPT. At the time, reporting from Bloomberg<\/a> and Fortune<\/a> indicated that Apple \u201cisn\u2019t paying OpenAI\u201d a direct fee for the integration, with both sides instead betting on converting a slice of Apple\u2019s user base into paid ChatGPT subscribers at $20 per month and splitting in\u2011app revenue via the usual App Store rules.<\/p>\n Less than two years later, that bet appears to have misfired. Sources quoted by Bloomberg<\/a> say OpenAI believes it \u201cfulfilled its obligations under the partnership, while Apple failed to deliver on key commitments,\u201d particularly around how prominently ChatGPT is presented in Siri and how easy it is for users to discover and upgrade to paid plans. A report from Firstpost<\/a> adds that OpenAI had expected Apple\u2019s ecosystem to \u201cdrive billions of dollars in subscriptions\u201d but has instead seen \u201clower\u2011than\u2011expected revenue and limited visibility\u201d for ChatGPT features buried inside iOS settings.<\/p>\n The core of the brewing dispute is not the quality of Siri\u2019s answers, but who owns the traffic and economics once an AI model is embedded inside a dominant platform. Earlier reporting from Bloomberg<\/a> made clear that Apple\u2019s strategy was to offer ChatGPT \u201cfor free\u201d as an optional Siri upgrade and then seek \u201crevenue\u2011sharing agreements\u201d where it takes a cut of any subscriptions sold on its devices, rather than pay model providers upfront. OpenAI is now reportedly asking whether Apple\u2019s minimal promotion of ChatGPT within Siri and Settings \u2014 \u201cfunctionality is embedded but does not lead to subscription conversion,\u201d in the words of one legal summary \u2014 amounts to a breach of commercial expectations written into the deal.<\/p>\n Apple, for its part, is said to have its own concerns. TechCrunch<\/a> and Bloomberg<\/a> both report that Apple executives are uneasy about OpenAI\u2019s privacy posture and its push into hardware \u2014 particularly projects involving former Apple design chief Jony Ive \u2014 and are actively exploring deeper integrations with rival models from Google\u2019s Gemini and Anthropic. For now, neither Apple nor OpenAI has publicly confirmed any legal move, and people close to the talks say OpenAI may wait until after its high\u2011profile trial with Elon Musk concludes before escalating against Apple.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behind the legal positioning is a bigger structural question: in a world where AI capabilities are embedded deep inside operating systems and voice assistants, does the value accrue to the model provider or the platform that owns the user, the interface and the billing relationship? OpenAI\u2019s frustration with Apple\u2019s \u201ccommercialization\u201d of ChatGPT inside Siri is the first high\u2011stakes test of that question \u2014 and whatever answer emerges will shape how every future AI\u2013platform alliance is negotiated.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OpenAI\u2019s Siri alliance frays over money and control. 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