You May Be Entitled to a Portion of Apple’s $250 Million Settlement in an Artificial Intelligence Dispute.
It’s no secret that Apple is significantly lagging behind in the generative AI race. While other companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic have made significant progress over the past three and a half years, Apple has struggled to find its footing, rushing out features with mixed success. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, depending on who you ask. While Microsoft pushed its AI products into as many apps and services as possible (to the point that the company subsequently had to backtrack ), Apple users have largely been able to ignore Apple Intelligence if they wanted.
As it turns out, Apple had been overhyping its AI accomplishments. In 2024, Apple was doing virtually nothing in the AI space, at least not in the same way as other major tech companies. After a year and a half of working with ChatGPT, Apple was undoubtedly feeling the pressure to embrace AI. So, when it came time to officially announce Apple Intelligence, the company went big, highlighting a host of powerful new features, including, most notably, AI-powered Siri. Apple claimed the new Siri would feature new contextual capabilities, such as the ability to search your inbox without your permission, and the ability to perform actions on your behalf. The company even released a commercial featuring Bella Ramsey , who used the new Siri to remember the name of someone she once had coffee with.
Apple Intelligence didn’t launch as advertised. The company gradually rolled out some of these features throughout the iOS 18 lifecycle, with mixed success. For example, Apple had to retract the Notification Summary feature after the AI summaries misinterpreted messages from outlets like the BBC. Siri AI never arrived, despite Apple’s advertising. (Apple has since removed the ad featuring Bella Ramsey.) According to recent rumors, Apple is preparing to launch it with iOS 27 .
Apple to settle artificial intelligence lawsuit
As expected, a two-year delay in the rollout of a new feature is not sitting well with consumers. That’s how this class action lawsuit began: the law firm Clarkson filed a lawsuit alleging that Apple misled customers about its artificial intelligence features, specifically the new “enhanced” Siri. Delays in feature rollouts are not uncommon, but according to Clarkson, the crux of the case is that Apple advertised these features as a core component of the new iPhones. Therefore, the lawsuit alleges that people who purchased iPhones compatible with Apple Intelligence, including the iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and the entire iPhone 16 lineup, may have done so believing their devices would support these features.
Apple has not admitted guilt in this case. However, as The Verge reports, the company has agreed to pay $250 million to settle the dispute . This agreement covers anyone who purchased one of these iPhones between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. An Apple spokesperson told The Verge that the company agreed to the settlement to “focus on what we do best—providing users with the most innovative products and services.”
$250 million is a large sum (perhaps not for a company with a market capitalization of $4 trillion), but given the number of iPhones Apple sold during this period, the payout is likely to be relatively small. Currently, claimants can receive $25 for each iPhone purchased during this period, but this amount could change depending on the final claim volume. It could decrease if there are too many valid claims, or increase to $95 per device.
At this stage, it’s too early to file a lawsuit if you’re a defendant in this case. The settlement agreement still needs to be approved by the court. However, if that happens, I’ll update this article with instructions on how to file a lawsuit.