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[^2]\n\nApple requested a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit that could delay OpenAI's plans, and OpenAI declared that Apple is seeking to delay the product because it fears competition that might reduce demand for Apple's own devices. [^3]\n\nOn 2024-06, Apple and OpenAI announced a partnership at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, which would integrate ChatGPT into Apple products, but this now stands in conflict with the 2025 lawsuit. [^4]\n\nOpenAI responded to the lawsuit by stating it has 'no interest in other companies' trade secrets' and that the complaint falls short of Apple's 'reputation for obsessing over the smallest details'. [^5]\n\nAltman said that data centers no longer use evaporative cooling and that modern large data centers use water equivalent to an office building's sinks and toilets. [^6]\n\nAltman's past statements indicate that one ChatGPT response uses between 1 and 50 mL of water, or about 0.0002 to 0.013 gallons per query. [^7]\n\nBased on those figures, the article calculates that it takes about 85 to 5,500 ChatGPT queries to equal the water used for one almond, not 38,000. 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