Apple’s partnership with OpenAI has deteriorated, with the AI startup preparing potential legal action over what it sees as Apple’s failure to fully support ChatGPT integration across iPhone, iPad and Mac products. OpenAI lawyers are working with an outside law firm on options including a possible breach-of-contract notice. OpenAI expected stronger user conversion to paid subscriptions and deeper Siri integration, but executives said Apple’s implementation remained limited and poorly promoted. A

Apple’s partnership with OpenAI has deteriorated, with the AI startup preparing potential legal action over what it sees as Apple’s failure to fully support ChatGPT integration across iPhone, iPad and Mac products. OpenAI lawyers are working with an outside law firm on options including a possible breach-of-contract notice. OpenAI expected stronger user conversion to paid subscriptions and deeper Siri integration, but executives said Apple’s implementation remained limited and poorly promoted. Apple has also raised privacy concerns about OpenAI while expanding talks with rivals including Anthropic and Google for broader AI integrations in iOS 27.