Apple, OpenAI resume negotiations on development of iPhone chatbot

American multinational corporation and technology company Apple and Artificial Intelligence research organisation, OpenAI have resumed talks on the development of a chatbot for iPhone.

As per Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple is constructing its own extensive language models to facilitate certain functions in iOS 18. However, the main focus of their discussions with OpenAI is a “chatbot/search component.”

Apple was reportedly in talks to license Google’s Gemini chatbot for new iPhone capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report from last month.