{"id":30757,"date":"2026-05-06T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30757"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:00:01","slug":"apple-to-pay-up-to-95-to-some-us-iphone-buyers-over-ai-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/05\/06\/apple-to-pay-up-to-95-to-some-us-iphone-buyers-over-ai-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to pay up to $95 to some US iPhone buyers over AI lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\" data-block=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Apple has agreed to pay some iPhone buyers a collective $250m (\u00a3184m) to end a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading people about new artificial intelligence (AI) features and capabilities.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a settlement filed Tuesday in California federal court, Apple did not admit any wrongdoing, but agreed to a deal that will resolve claims in a large consolidated class action lawsuit filed last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It accused Apple of false advertising around its AI features on the iPhone, which the company called Apple Intelligence, including an enhancement of its Siri voice assistant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Apple will pay between $25 and $95 to people in the US who bought an iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 between June 2024 and March 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\" data-block=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An Apple spokeswoman said the lawsuit was focused on &#8220;the availability of two additional features&#8221; in a lineup of many released as part of its Apple Intelligence rollout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We resolved this matter to stay focused on doing what we do best, delivering the most innovative products and services to our users&#8221;, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a revised complaint filed last week for the consolidated class of iPhone buyers, lawyers said that Apple&#8217;s marketing around new AI features amounted to false advertising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Apple promoted AI capabilities that did not exist at the time, do not exist now, and will not exist for two or more years, if ever, all while marketing them as the breakthrough innovation,&#8221; lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added that Apple undertook this campaign around AI specifically in an effort to\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ckgxdn9lyd2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catch up<\/a>\u00a0in a Big Tech race for new technology being driven by new companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c1kr19lry18o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outgoing<\/a>\u00a0chief executive Tim Cook has been criticised over the years for not being innovative enough with Apple&#8217;s products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But its marketing of Apple Intelligence as being able to deliver to iPhone customers a new, better version of Siri that would transform it from a &#8220;limited voice interface into a full-fledged personal AI assistant&#8221; was allegedly false.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The iPhone 16 was delivered to consumers without &#8220;Apple Intelligence,&#8221; and Enhanced Siri never came,&#8221; the lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0j2nydnzy7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Apple has agreed to pay some iPhone buyers a collective $250m (\u00a3184m) to end a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading people about new artificial intelligence (AI) features and capabilities. 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