Apple Spurned Idea of iPhone AI Partnership With Meta Months Ago

  • Apple has been looking to forge agreements to use AI chatbots
  • Report indicated that Apple and Meta are in discussions

An Apple iPhone

Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Apple Inc. rejected overtures by Meta Platforms Inc. to integrate the social networking company’s AI chatbot into the iPhone months ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The two companies aren’t in discussions about using Meta’s Llama chatbot in an AI partnership and only held brief talks in March, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the situation is private. The dialogue about a partnership didn’t reach any formal stage, and Apple has no active plans to integrate Llama.