In a short-lived will-they-won’t-they love story to rival the likes of Heathcliff and Catherine, Apple is reportedly not in talks with ChatGPT creator OpenAI for investing in its newest fundraising spherical.
The Washington Submit reported on Friday {that a} “knowledgeable person” reported that Apple fell out of talks to hitch this spherical. It is a shock as a result of the information got here at such a late hour — the talks are scheduled to wrap up this upcoming week — however should not shock anybody too intensely. Apple hardly ever invests in one other Silicon Valley firm, and is thought for being fairly conservative on the earth of direct investments and acquisitions compared to different tech giants.
Microsoft and Nvidia are nonetheless holding robust of their hopes to spend money on OpenAI. In accordance with the Washington Submit, Microsoft is anticipated to take a position $1 billion along with the $13 billion its already invested into OpenAI, which has helped Microsoft achieve entry to OpenAI’s Giant Language Fashions and enhance its personal AI productiveness instruments. Thrive Capital, a venture-capital agency, is anticipated to place in round $1 billion and Tiger International Administration and MGX are additionally in talks. After all, it is not over till it is over, and we might nonetheless see new gamers over the following few days.
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And, lest we overlook, this does not imply Apple and OpenAI are not thick as thieves. Apple introduced its partnership with OpenAI at its WWDC occasion in June, which can combine ChatGPT options into the iOS 18 replace.
As Apple Senior VP Craig Federighi stated within the announcement, it is “AI for the rest of us.”
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