OpenAI stated that its ChatGPT integration with Apple for AI features launched in 2024 performed far below expectations, failing to generate significant user engagement. The partnership deteriorated, leading to litigation, and Apple subsequently partnered with Google's Gemini model for its Siri AI instead.
The New York Times and other media companies filed a court brief seeking billions in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement in AI training, citing internal emails and testimony from company executives who called the practice "astonishing theft" and acknowledged that AI products substitute for original journalism, undermining their fair use defense.