What you need to know
- Apple just announced its partnership with OpenAI, bringing ChatGPT to its ecosystem.
- While the iPhone maker may have addressed security and privacy concerns with its Private Cloud Compute system, users still seem concerned about these issues as Apple integrates OpenAI’s technology into its operating system.
- Elon Musk teased that he would inevitably develop Grok Phone to avoid these problems.
Apple just held its highly anticipated WWDC 2024 event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. The event was impressive and new announcements continued to arrive, including iOS 18 updates (Finally! We can arrange apps and widgets in any open space on the home screen). But perhaps the showstopper (at least for most people) should have been Apple Intelligence and the new OpenAI partnership to bring ChatGPT to the ecosystem.
If Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall feature is to be believed, privacy and security are essential for users. Billionaire Elon Musk is perhaps one of the fiercest critics of the AI progress of giant companies like Microsoft and OpenAI. As you might have guessed, he covered Apple’s OpenAI partnership and Apple Intelligence announcements.
During the WWDC event, Apple unveiled its own Apple Intelligence. The model runs on the device with more than 3 billion parameters, allowing users to interact with it locally. However, Apple will rely on Private Cloud Compute for more complex tasks or commands that require more computing power, promising security and privacy. The service only uses your data to fulfill your request. It does not store the data for future use or make it accessible to anyone. While it all makes sense on paper, we’ll have to wait and see how it plays out once it’s widely available.
Grok Phone with better security and privacy?
Musk was openly furious about Apple’s new partnership with OpenAI, which brought ChatGPT to the ecosystem and a much-needed overhaul for its apparently outdated Siri assistant. The billionaire seems to want to keep everything at a distance. According to Musk:
“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, Apple devices will be banned from my businesses. That is an unacceptable security breach. And visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage.”
The billionaire’s comments received quite a bit of attention on X (formerly Twitter), with some users even suggesting it might be time to develop a Tesla phone.
Honestly, at this point we need Tesla or X to come out with a phone powered by Starlink. I would switch in a heartbeat. I don’t trust Sam Altman and I don’t want his technology on my phone, in my office, or near my family. I have no doubt that @elonmusk could build a visionary team.June 10, 2024
Musk is apparently open to the idea of developing a Grok/Tesla-themed phone, and this could potentially become a reality when/if Apple integrates “woke nanny AI spyware” into its operating system.
give me a Grok phone with Grok integrated https://t.co/ub6pQz0pbtJune 10, 2024
Advances in AI seem like a huge undertaking. Apple, for example, had to pull the plug on the development of its electric car and channel the allocated resources towards its AI ambitions. The same can be said about Microsoft, which is preoccupied with AI, with insiders claiming that it overnight turned into a “glorified IT department” for OpenAI, ultimately costing it its Azure division.
It will be interesting to see how Musk develops the Grok phone and how it competes with top players in the category such as Apple and Samsung. The latest line of devices from both companies is already heavily focused on AI and is likely to become more aggressive.