Billionaire Elon Musk said Monday he would ban Apple devices at his firms if the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI on the operating system level.
“That’s an unacceptable security violation,” Musk, who’s the CEO of electric-vehicle maker Tesla and rocket maker SpaceX and owner of social media company X, said in a post on X.
“And visitors may have to examine their Apple devices on the door, where they can be stored in a Faraday cage,” he said.
Elon Musk said he would ban Apple devices at his firms if the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI on the operating system level. REUTERS
“And visitors may have to examine their Apple devices on the door, where they can be stored in a Faraday cage,” he said. AFP via Getty Images
Apple and OpenAI didn’t immediately reply to Reuters requests for comments.
Earlier within the day, Apple announced a slew of AI features across its apps and operating platforms and a partnership with OpenAI to bring the ChatGPT technology to its devices.
Apple said it had built AI with privacy “on the core” and it will use a mixture of on-device processing and cloud computing to power those features.
Apple said it had built AI with privacy “on the core” and it will use a mixture of on-device processing and cloud computing to power those features. Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday, above. Getty Images
“It’s patently absurd that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their very own AI, yet is one way or the other able to ensuring that OpenAI will protect your security & privacy!” Musk said on X.
At the start of March, Musk had sued OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015, and its CEO Sam Altman, saying they abandoned the startup’s original mission to develop AI for the advantage of humanity and never for profit.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman at Monday’s Apple event. Musk had sued OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015, saying they abandoned the startup’s original mission to develop AI for the advantage of humanity and never for profit. AP
Musk has also founded his own startup, xAI, in a bid to challenge OpenAI and construct a substitute for the viral chatbot ChatGPT.
xAI was valued at $24 billion in its last funding round, where it raised $6 billion in series B funding.
