At WWDC 2024, Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI to bring the ChatGPT chatbot to iOS 18 as part of Apple Intelligence Apple confirmed that other chatbots are in development and software boss Crag Federighi suggested that Google Gemini could be on the way. And it turns out that it could happen quite soon.

The news comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who claims that Apple could announce deals with both Google and Anthropic this fall. However, Gurman did not go into much detail, focusing instead on how Apple has not partnered with Meta.

Garman claims that Apple is not interested in incorporating Meta's AI services into Apple Intelligence, at least not now. Reportedly, the two companies had been in discussions, but the talks have broken down. Garman claims that Apple only "had a brief conversation at Meta's request."

That conversation apparently never developed into something more formal, and Apple has no interest in Meta's products. Apple reportedly believes that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all offer "superior services."

Google Gurman also noted that the deal "is contrary to Apple's criticism of Meta's privacy practices.

Rumors of Google Gemini joining Apple Intelligence have been heard for some time. However, we have not heard anything concrete about what such an integration would entail and how it would compare to ChatGPT support. Even if the integration of different chatbots is more or less the same, it would at least give users the option of using a different AI service if they so desire.

It also makes sense that Apple does not want to lock users into a particular service. For starters, there are rumors that Apple is developing its own AI chatbot behind the scenes, even if it is not ready yet. And regulators will come down hard on Apple for not offering multiple chatbot options. [iOS 18 should be released just about the same time as the iPhone 16 launch. For the latest news and rumors, visit our Apple September Event hub.