Igor Bonifacic for Engadget For a lot of people, the most appealing reason to use a local chatbot will be the amount of money you can save. Right now, running a local model on your iPhone involves, at most, a one-time purchase of $5. Compare that to a subscription from any of the big AI labs. For instance, if you want to use ChatGPT without ads, you'll need to spend at least $20 per month on OpenAI's Plus plan. You could get away with the more affordable Go tier or even stick with the free offering if you plan to use ChatGPT only sporadically, but then you also need to consider rate limits. Si
How to run a local AI chatbot on your iPhone - Engadget… By Igor Bonifacic March 24, 2026 5:10 pm EST OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video generation app. "We're saying goodbye to Sora," the company wrote in a X post published Tuesday afternoon. For now, OpenAI has yet to say when the app and its related API service would become unavailable. …
… As capable as the latest open-weight models are, they're not as sophisticated as the latest proprietary models from Anthropic, OpenAI and other for-profit AI labs. …
The jury in the OpenAI case has ruled against Elon Musk By Igor Bonifacic and Karissa Bell May 18, 2026 1:50 pm EST After three weeks of testimony and not much deliberation, a jury has ruled against Elon Musk, finding that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were not liable in the case. …
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