Elon Musk says that all of his companies will not be able to use iPhones because of the new OpenAI features that Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday. The executive from Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI wrote on X that “if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level,” Apple products would not be allowed in his businesses. Instead, guests would have to check their Apple products at the door and be “stored in a Faraday cage.”
His posts either don’t understand the link between Apple and OpenAI that was announced, or they try to raise privacy concerns about users. Both Apple and OpenAI said that users are notified before “any questions are sent to ChatGPT,” along with any documents or photos. However, Musk’s answers show that he thinks OpenAI is fully integrated into Apple’s operating system and can therefore access any personal and private data.
Apple said that in iOS 18, people will be able to ask Siri questions. If Siri thinks that ChatGPT can help, it will ask for permission to share the question and show the answer right away. ChatGPT users can now get an answer without having to open the ChatGPT iOS app. It doesn’t matter if you want to send photos, PDFs, or other files to ChatGPT.
Musk, on the other hand, would rather OpenAI’s features stay in a separate app and not be added to Siri.
VC and CTO Sam Pullara at Sutter Hill Ventures wrote that OpenAI does not have access to the device and that the user is accepting each request separately. Musk replied, “Then leave it as an app.” This is not true.
Pullara said that the way ChatGPT was added was pretty much the same as how the app works now. Apple’s own AI models or models that use Apple’s Private Cloud are used on the devices.
In response to YouTuber Marques Brownlee’s post on X that went into more detail about Apple Intelligence, Musk said, “Apple saying they will “protect your privacy” while giving your data to a third-party AI that they don’t understand and can’t make themselves is *not* protecting privacy at all!”
He even responded to a post by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in which Cook said he would ban Apple products from his businesses if Cook didn’t “stop this creepy spyware.”
“It’s completely ridiculous that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their own AI but can guarantee that OpenAI will keep your data and security safe!” Musk yelled about the new features in one of many posts. “Once Apple gives your data to OpenAI, they have no idea what’s going on.” “They’re giving you away for nothing,” he said. It’s possible that Apple doesn’t know how OpenAI works, but it’s not really Apple that’s giving up the data—it sounds like the user is making that choice.
Apple also mentioned another integration that would let users access ChatGPT from anywhere in Writing Tools through a feature called “compose.” Apple said that you could ask ChatGPT to write a bedtime story for your child in a document. You could also ask ChatGPT to make pictures for you in different styles to go with your writing. With these features, users will be able to use ChatGPT for free, without having to go through the trouble of making an account. That is great news for OpenAI, because Apple users will soon be requesting a lot of its services.
Apple users may not fully understand the privacy issues at play here, which is exactly what Musk hopes will happen when he complains. If people could make their own AI bot, like Anthropic’s Claude or, say, xAI’s Grok, the go-to for Siri questions or writing help, Musk probably wouldn’t be so upset about how dangerous it would be to integrate them. (In fact, Apple just suggested in a session after the keynote that Google Gemini might be added in the future.)
Apple says in its statement that users’ requests and data are not stored. However, ChatGPT subscribers can connect their account and then use their paid features directly in Apple’s AI experiences.
You will be asked before any of your information is shared, and ChatGPT will only be used when you say so. “This year, ChatGPT will be added to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia,” said Craig Federighi, SVP of Software Engineering at Apple. You will only be able to use the features on iPhone Pro 15 models and other devices with M1 chips or later.
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In the same way, OpenAI said in its blog post that “requests are not stored by OpenAI and users’ IP addresses are obscured.” As an alternative, users can link their ChatGPT account, which will make their data choices follow ChatGPT’s rules. The second part refers to the choice (or “opt-in”) to link the feature to their paid subscription.
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