Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class motion that accused it of downplaying how lengthy it wanted to combine superior synthetic intelligence into its Siri voice assistant, hurting iPhone gross sales and its inventory value.
The criticism covers shareholders who suffered doubtlessly a whole bunch of billions of {dollars} of losses within the yr ending June 9, when Apple launched a number of options and aesthetic enhancements for its merchandise however stored AI modifications modest.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. CEO Tim Cook, Chief Monetary Officer Kevan Parekh and former CFO Luca Maestri are additionally defendants within the lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court docket.
Shareholders led by Eric Tucker stated that at its June 2024 Worldwide Builders Convention, Apple led them to consider AI could be a key driver of iPhone 16 units, when it launched Apple Intelligence to make Siri extra highly effective and user-friendly.
However they stated the Cupertino, California-based firm lacked a practical prototype of AI-based Siri options, and couldn’t moderately consider the options would ever be prepared for iPhone 16s.
Shareholders stated the reality started to emerge on March 7 when Apple delayed some Siri upgrades to 2026, and continued via this yr’s Worldwide Builders Convention on June 9 when Apple’s evaluation of its AI progress disillusioned analysts.
Apple shares have misplaced almost one-fourth of their worth since their December 26, 2024 document excessive, wiping out roughly $900 billion (roughly Rs. 78,04,668 crore) of market worth.
The case is Tucker v. Apple Inc et al, US District Court docket, Northern District of California, No. 25-05197.
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