Apple is said to have dropped out of a new funding round for OpenAI at the last minute, but this will have no impact on its plans to integrate optional ChatGPT queries into Apple Intelligence.

Apple exits OpenAI's $6.5B funding round as Microsoft and others remain. Internal challenges and leadership changes at OpenAI raise questions about its future direction.

Apple has reportedly pulled out of negotiations to join OpenAIs $6.5 billion funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal. The decision leaves Microsoft and Nvidia as potential key investors in OpenAI,