OpenAI says Apple Intelligence users showed little interest in ChatGPT integration - 9to5Mac

OpenAI says Apple Intelligence users showed little interest in ChatGPT integration - 9to5Mac
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OpenAI says Apple Intelligence users showed little interest in ChatGPT integration
Marcus Mendes
| Sep 23 2026 - 4:5
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AAPL Company
SpaceXAI
OpenAI says Apple Intelligence users showed little interest in ChatGPT integration
Marcus Mendes
| Sep 23 2026 - 4:58 pm PT
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As reported by
The Financial Times
, new court filings show that OpenAI was disappointed by the adoption of ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence, which it says “dramatically underperformed” after launching in 2024. Here are the details.
OpenAI asks court to rule before trial
In August 2025,
Elon Musk said
that X, now part of SpaceXAI,
would sue Apple and OpenAI
over alleged collusion to shut out competitors in the AI space, stemming from OpenAI’s deal with Apple to make ChatGPT part of Apple Intelligence and Siri.
When the lawsuit was filed, it actually
went beyond Musk’s original public complaint
about App Store rankings. X and SpaceXAI also accused Apple of trying to stifle the development of “super apps,” including X’s effort to turn itself into an “everything app.”
In the weeks and months that followed, all companies involved filed briefs, accusations, and defenses with the court. Apple and OpenAI have argued, among other things, that their deal was not exclusive as the complaint alleged, while court filings have also revealed new details about how the partnership worked behind the scenes.
One of those details surfaced today in a filing from OpenAI. As first reported by The Financial Times, OpenAI “said it was disappointed by how little interest Apple generated from iPhone users after the two companies struck a deal in 2024 for ChatGPT to power ‘Apple Intelligence’.”
From the report:
When the 2024 deal was agreed, OpenAI expected a “halo effect” from promotion and brand association with Apple, as well as more subscriptions coming from Apple Intelligence users, Wednesday’s court document says.
But a month after the ChatGPT integration launched, it “appeared to be off to a slow start” and OpenAI was cutting its forecasts for how many weekly active users it expected to attract, it s