ELON MUSK is ready to ban iPhones and Mac computers from his business after tech rival Apple announced plans to use OpenAI.
The billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) and Tesla said Apple products would not be welcome at his company if Apple combined with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Apple has unveiled a whole bunch of them functions during the annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference on Monday, June 10, including the controversial decision to equip Siri with GPT.4o.
This move has raised security concerns, with Musk turning to X to express his concerns about Apple AI’s data security and storage.
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and now heads a rival company called xAI after leaving the company in 2018.
Musk’s xAI is an alternative to the viral chatbot ChatGPT. It was recently valued at $24 billion.
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‘That is an unacceptable breach of safety.
“It’s downright absurd that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their own AI, yet is somehow able to ensure that OpenAI protects your security and privacy.
“They sell you along the river.”
Musk added: “Employees and visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage.”
A Faraday cage blocks cell reception, as well as wireless internet and Bluetooth signals.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said one of the five criteria Apple Intelligence must meet is “private.”
He said: “Apple Intelligence will keep users’ personal data on their devices rather than uploading it to an Apple cloud, thanks to the company’s powerful new M-chips.”
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the new development would be available “later this year.”
He said on X: “Very excited!”
It is not the first time that OpenAI has caused controversy.
OpenAI recently made headlines when Scarlett Johansson accused ChatGPT.4o of deliberately imitating her voice with a chatbot called Sky.
In a statement to Variety, Johansson said: “When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angry and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so uncannily similar to mine.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that the voice was based on the Avengers actress.
He said: “Sky’s voice is not Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was never intended to be like hers.
“Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have stopped using Sky’s voice in our products”
What are the security fears about Apple Intelligence?
Apple has announced that it will use OpenAI in its products.
Apple’s new intelligence system, AI, will include new tools such as the ability to ask direct ChatGPT questions through their Apple devices and a smarter Siri voice assistant,
Apple Senior VP Software Engineering Craig Federighi said: Apple AI “sends only the data that is relevant to completing your task.
“Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”
However, Musk disagrees, with the billionaire technology enthusiast hitting X with claims that consumer data and privacy would be breached.
He said: “Apple has no idea what’s actually going on when they hand over your data to OpenAI.”