Well-funded and big-name partnerships often end in failure. And ex-Apple employees don’t have a great record of success.

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman gave his staff a preview of the devices he is developing to build with former Apple designer Jony Ive, paving plans to ship 100 million AI “companions” that he hopes will become a part of life,

Apple’s own struggles with artificial intelligence lend additional power to this narrative. In one of its most damaging setbacks in years, it has failed to come up with a set of AI features that it promised would transform the way people complete tasks on the iPhone.