May 7, 2026 9:16 AM

Apple settles lawsuit over late Siri AI features for $250 million

Apple on Tuesday settled for $250 million a consumer class action brought after the company delayed artificial-intelligence upgrades to its Siri voice assistant. The lawsuit, filed by Peter Landsheft in U.S. federal court in California in 2024, arose after the iPhone maker announced - and started running advertisements for - a bevy of AI upgrades at its annual software developer conference in 2024, saying they would become available with new iPhones that fall. The iPhones launched without thos...