Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI

Also on The Vergecast: Siri AI is here, OnePlus is leaving, and the cracking face emoji is coming.

Apple is suing OpenAI . The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done . So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI?

On this episode of The Vergecast , Nilay and David go through the lawsuit, and look at Apple’s history of splashy litigation to determine whether Apple is worried about a possible competitor or simply looking to capitalize on a weak moment for OpenAI . All this is happening as Apple ships the public betas of its new software, headlined by the new Siri AI , and we have thoughts about what it all means — and whether the new Siri is actually any good.

After all that, the hosts turn to the week’s gadget news, which includes leaks about OpenAI gadgets and Pixel phones , and OnePlus bailing on the US and Europe . The Samsung-Apple duopoly continues to rule in the US, and it looks increasingly hard for anyone to challenge . Unless you just go and buy T-Mobile.

Finally, in the lightning round, we catch up on Brendan Carr , the latest chaos in your X feed , the cracking face emoji , the foothills of the singularity , and more.