In a short-lived will-they-won't-they love story to rival the likes of Heathcliff and Catherine, Apple is reportedly no longer in talks with ChatGPT creator OpenAI for investing in its latest fundraising round.

The company behind ChatGPT is aiming to raise around $6.5 billion in funding set to close next week.

Apple has left negotiations to participate in an OpenAI funding round expected to raise about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. The tech giant recently fell out of the talks for the round,

Apple is no longer planning to invest in OpenAI, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. This comes as OpenAI plans to close a $6.5 billion funding round next week, with investments possible from both Microsoft and Nvidia.

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.

Earlier, the valuation was expected to be around $100 billion, but now the valuation has reportedly shot up to $150 billion.

(Reuters) - Apple has left negotiations to participate in an OpenAI funding round expected to raise about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. The tech giant recently fell out of the talks for the round, set to close next week, the newspaper said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is no longer in talks to take part in an investment round announced by the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)-backed generative AI company, OpenAI, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.