Announced next week! For AI, Apple and OpenAI have made an "unprecedented" collaboration

Next week, when Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is held, OpenAI's Sam Altman will be the focus of this globally anticipated event, even if he may not be present.

At that time, Apple will announce a cooperation agreement with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone's operating system, allowing OpenAI to reach hundreds of millions of Apple users, including those who may not have been willing to try ChatGPT before. The details of the collaboration between the two companies have not been publicly disclosed yet.

According to Bloomberg's technology journalist and well-known Apple insider Mark Gurman, by outsourcing the AI chatbot function, Apple can keep a distance from the technology itself, including its occasional inaccuracies and illusions. However, this mode of cooperation may mean that OpenAI can access Apple users' personal information, raising privacy and security concerns. Apple is expected to offer AI features as an optional service.

In 2008, at the age of 23, Altman once took the stage at Apple's developer conference as a third-party software representative for the App Store, talking about how he used the newly launched App Store to promote his friend-locating app Loopt.

At that time, the era of mobile internet was just beginning, and Apple was at the forefront. Now, Apple, which lags behind in the AI wave, needs to vigorously catch up with OpenAI's technology, which was unimaginable sixteen years ago and even a few months ago.

Apple has always been committed to developing its own AI technology. As early as the launch of ChatGPT, Apple's AI and software engineering teams began intensive development of a ChatGPT competitor project based on the Ajax framework.

However, Apple eventually found that its AI technology was sufficient to support functions such as voice memo transcription, photo editing, new search features in the Safari browser, and automatic replies in the Messages app, but in terms of chatbots and real-time assistance, OpenAI and Google were far ahead.

Apple's own technology was not ready, and consumers expected Apple to provide such services, ultimately leading Apple to OpenAI, with whom they began discussing collaboration matters a few months ago. It is reported that Apple is still negotiating with Google on using Gemini on its devices.

Gurman cited a veteran in the tech industry as saying that Apple's collaboration with OpenAI is likely just a stopgap measure. Apple has long been introducing external technologies internally and has been committed to developing its own capabilities, such as replacing Intel's chips with its own.

The above report also reveals that Apple's AI strategy is much broader than just chatbots. It plans to use large language models to power robot devices that are being secretly developed, **including a desktop robotic arm with a large display screen similar to an iPad, and a mobile robot that can follow users and handle household chores on their behalf. In addition, Apple also hopes to equip AirPods with cameras and artificial intelligence capabilities **