Apple has zero interest in offering Meta’s Llama chatbot in Apple Intelligence

Last Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was in discussions to offer Meta’s Llama chatbot as an option alongside OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman immediately heard from several sources that this wasn’t going to happen.

Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
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The two companies had a brief conversation at Meta’s behest back in March (after I reported on Apple’s talks with OpenAI, Google and Anthropic). Apple has zero interest in embedding Meta’s service.

Those early conversations didn’t evolve into formal discussions, and there’s been no communication on the topic for several months. Apple is also giving no consideration to eventually adding Meta as an option, particularly because it believes OpenAI, Google and Anthropic offer superior services, I’m told. Such a move also would run counter to Apple’s criticism of Meta for its privacy practices. As for an Apple deal with Google or Anthropic, I expect at least the former to be announced around the time Apple Intelligence launches this fall.

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MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote last month of the possibility of Meta’s AI chatbot being offered as one of Apple Intelligence’s chatbot choices, “Now, there’s one we certainly wouldn’t choose.”
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