Apple invests in OpenAI; Integration of ChatGPT with Apple products

According to sources familiar with the Wall Street Journal, Apple is considering investing in OpenAI, the developer of the famous ChatGPT model.

In order to improve the artificial intelligence experience in its products, Apple has decided to invest in the creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI. Reports have yet to provide details on how much Apple might invest in OpenAI, but this new round of investment is said to value OpenAI to more than $100 billion. This is despite the fact that Apple has already mentioned the integration of ChatGPT in its various operating systems, including iOS and iPadOS.

Integrating ChatGPT into Apple products by investing in OpenAI

The integration of ChatGPT with Apple products will definitely improve the experience of working with artificial intelligence in the company’s products. For example, in the Siri voice assistant, this integration allows Siri to provide ChatGPT-based responses to users’ questions and commands with the user’s permission. Additionally, ChatGPT will be used as an option in the system’s writing features, such as text and image generation. These features will benefit from the latest GPT-4o model developed by OpenAI.

One of the distinctive features of Apple’s investment in OpenAI and the integration of ChatGPT with Apple products is the possibility for iPhone, iPad and Mac users to use ChatGPT for free, without the need to create an account. ChatGPT Plus subscribers can connect their accounts to Apple devices and access paid features. Apple also emphasized that ChatGPT requests made through Apple devices will not be stored by OpenAI and users’ IP addresses will remain hidden.

Although Apple’s new AI capabilities have been available to developers for testing since last month. But ChatGPT-related features are not yet available in iOS 18.1 beta versions. In general, these new features will be available in English for users of iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or Mac and iPad equipped with an M1 chip or later. (Support for other languages ​​will be added next year.)

Apple’s investment in OpenAI took place while Microsoft is also looking to increase its investment in OpenAI. Microsoft is one of the biggest investors in OpenAI and uses its artificial intelligence technologies in its products such as the Bing search engine and Office software. Apple’s entry into this field can increase the competition between these two companies in the field of artificial intelligence.

Source: MacRumors