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Apple pulls out of latest OpenAI funding round.

OpenAI is slated to close the largest funding round in history at $6.5 billion next week, and as the Wall Street Journal reports, Apple has just pulled out of the round in the eleventh hour.

Apple’s involvement was already surprising—it’s rare for the iPhone maker to invest in external companies. The reporting of a potential investment came after Apple announced a ChatGPT integration into Siri.

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