Apple is testing a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot

$Apple(AAPL.US)$ is developing artificial intelligence tools to challenge $Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ Open AI, Google and others, according to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The tech giant has created a chatbot that some engineers are internally referring to as "Apple GPT." Apple has yet to determine a strategy for releasing the technology consumers, but is reportedly aiming to make a significant AI-related announcement next year.
The report says Apple has built its own framework, codenamed "Ajax," to create large language models, which are AI-based systems that power offerings like Open AI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. Ajax runs on Google Cloud and was built with Google JAX, the search giant’s machine learning framework, according to Bloomberg. Ajax was created last year to unify machine learning development. Apple is now leveraging Ajax to create large language models and serve as the foundation for the internal ChatGPT-style tool.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.