Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday threatened to ban iPhones from all his companies over the integration of ChatGPT into iPhones and other Apple devices.Apple on Monday announced that in iOS 18, users will be able to ask Siri questions and OpenAIâs ChatGPT will answer.
âIf Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation,â Musk posted on X.
The tech billionaire further said that visitors at his companies âwill have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cageâ.
X users responded, saying it is time for an âX smartphoneâ.
However, both Apple and OpenAI have clarified that usersâ permission will be taken before âany questions are sent to ChatGPT,â along with any documents or photos.
Responding to a user who said that OpenAI does not have access to iPhones, Musk wrote: âThen leave it as an app. This is bullshit.â
Replying to another post on X from YouTuber Marques Brownlee, the tech billionaire responded that âApple using the words âprotect your privacyâ while handing your data over to a third-party AI that they donât understand and canât themselves create is not protecting privacy at all!â
At its âWWDC 2024â event, Apple announced that it is integrating ChatGPT access into experiences within iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, allowing users to access its expertise, without needing to jump between tools.
Siri can tap into ChatGPTâs expertise when helpful. Users are asked before any questions are sent to ChatGPT, along with any documents or photos, and Siri then presents the answer directly.
âAdditionally, ChatGPT will be available in Appleâs system-wide Writing Tools, which help users generate content for anything they are writing about,â said the company.