Apple announced that it was partnering with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT technology to a range of devices, from iPhones to Mac computers. Elon Musk responded by threatening to ban Apple devices from its premises if the integration went ahead. Mike Benz, founder of the anti-censorship group, said: Foundation for Freedom Onlinehas harshly criticized the partnership, tweeting, “Apple merging with Microsoft’s ChatGPT today on Woke Death Star AI is basically like Coke and Pepsi merging to create an inescapable death drink.”
Business Insider Reports At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT, powered by GPT-4, across its software, including its enhanced Siri virtual assistant. The integration, which will be available for free in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia later this year, aims to give users access to ChatGPT’s extensive knowledge base and, with the user’s permission, generate answers directly from Siri.
In this photo illustration, a portrait of Elon Musk appears on a mobile device with an X and the Twitter logo in the background in Warsaw, Poland on July 23, 2023. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
However, the announcement drew heavy criticism from Elon Musk, who expressed his concerns on Twitter. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI and helped initially fund it, has been vocal about his dislike for the company and its CEO, Sam Altman. In his post, Musk called the integration an “unacceptable security breach” and threatened to ban Apple devices from his company.
If Apple integrated OpenAI at the OS level, my company would ban the use of Apple devices, it would be an unacceptable security breach.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024
Musk’s biggest concern seems to be Apple partnering with a third-party AI that it “doesn’t understand” and “can’t build.” He questioned Apple’s inability to develop its own AI and questioned whether OpenAI can protect the security and privacy of users once their data is handed over.
In response to Musk’s claims, Apple said in a statement that it has “protections built in for users who access ChatGPT,” assuring that device IP addresses will remain private and that OpenAI will not store user requests. The company also clarified that users who choose to connect their accounts will be subject to ChatGPT’s data usage policies.
This isn’t the first time Musk has clashed with Apple and its CEO Tim Cook, but the two sides appeared to reconcile during Musk’s visit to Apple headquarters in November 2022. After parting ways with OpenAI, Musk launched his own rival AI company, xAI, and ChatGPT competitor Grok.
Musk is not the only one concerned about ChatGPT’s integration into Apple’s operating system, as Mike Benz of the Foundation For Freedom Online also commented on the issue in an X/Twitter post:
Apple merging with Microsoft’s ChatGPT today to create an awakened Death Star AI is essentially like Coca-Cola and Pepsi merging to create an inescapable death drink. pic.twitter.com/W97whb9SMN
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) June 11, 2024
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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering free speech and online censorship.
