Apple and OpenAI have only been working together for a few hours, and Elon Musk is already at war over it. The owner of Tesla, X, SpaceX and xAI says he will ban his company from using Apple devices if Apple integrates ChatGPT at the operating system level, These companies very much plan to do this. OpenAI founder Musk is currently suing the current owner, saying that the iPhone integrating ChatGPT constitutes an “unacceptable security violation.”
Musk said in a statement: “If Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, my company will ban the use of Apple devices.” tweet on Monday. “Visitors must check their Apple devices at the door, which will be stored in Faraday cages,” Musk said in a statement. follow up tweets.
Musk also responded to Tim Cook’s tweet announcing Apple’s smart phone, saying the technology “Creepy spyware.” Musk later explain “Once Apple gives your data to OpenAI, they have no idea what’s going on.”
It’s unclear what Musk suggests OpenAI will do with your data. Apple has for years portrayed itself as a leader in privacy, building several privacy-focused features into its artificial intelligence products. First, you must approve every request that goes through ChatGPT so you know exactly what is coming from your phone. Secondly, Apple stated in its WWDC keynote that the requests and information you prompt through ChatGPT will not be stored. At first glance, Apple’s integration of ChatGPT doesn’t seem to be any different than just using ChatGPT on your phone, at least from a privacy perspective. However, Musk said Apple’s words and actions are inconsistent.
This is the latest in the ongoing feud between Musk and OpenAI. He created xAI and Grok to compete with “wake-up artificial intelligence chatbots” from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Musk, once the founder of OpenAI, is now suing Sam Altman’s startup, saying it’s not “open” and appears to have abandoned its non-profit mission. However, screenshots released by OpenAI show that, Musk was involved in an email exchange years ago It details how the startup will stop open source once its artificial intelligence models become more advanced. Musk initially wanted OpenAI to join Tesla. Musk said he would drop the lawsuit if OpenAI changed its name to “ClosedAI.”
“Privacy protection is built in when accessing ChatGPT in Siri and writing tools – OpenAI does not store requests and the user’s IP address is hidden,” OpenAI said in a report. Press release Monday about their privacy practices. “Users will also have the option to connect their ChatGPT account, meaning their data preferences will apply to ChatGPT’s policies.”
Part of Apple’s attempt to increase privacy is with its own Apple Intelligence, which will run in part on devices using Apple Silicon. Following Monday’s big presentation, Apple also told reporters that it would release a document later today containing all the information about its private servers to remain transparent and allow third-party review.
In fact, removing iPhones and Apple devices from all of Musk’s companies would be an extremely difficult task. Musk has thousands of employees working for him around the world, and asking everyone not to bring their phones to work would cause obvious problems.
