AI and perhaps even a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will likely be a driving theme at the kickoff of Apple's WWDC developers' conference in Silicon Valley, according to analysts.The conference is Apple's annual rendezvous for developers who create apps for iPads, Macs and iPhones -- and CEO Tim Cook will work hard to convince his audience that the company is a major AI player.
Also heavily rumored is a 'flagship' OpenAI partnership that could involve an exclusive chatbot for iPhone owners and supercharge the much-derided Siri.All these announcements will set the stage for an expected iPhone 16 release later in the year and open the door to 'a renaissance of growth' for the company, said Wedbush Securities senior analyst Daniel Ives.