Apple has confirmed that it will integrate OpenAI's latest ChatGPT-5 model into the Apple Intelligence suite when its iOS 26 software launches next month.
Apple Intelligence will integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT-5 model when iOS 26 arrives
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