Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones from his companies due to new artificial intelligence

You Apple devices may be banned from companies owned by Elon Musk If the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its devices, as announced at WWDC 2024. The threat was made by the billionaire on his profile on X on Monday (10).

“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, Apple devices will be banned in my companies. This is an unacceptable security breach”, wrote the former owner of Twitter. Although he is the co-founder of the developer of ChatGPT, he has been voicing his opposition to the company lately.

If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, Apple devices will be banned from my companies. This is an unacceptable security breach.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024

After the messages, Musk said: If the partnership between the technology giant and the startup continues, visitors will not be able to use iPhones in company facilities.. According to the businessman, guests will need to leave their cell phones at the entrance, “stored in the Faraday Cage.”

The mechanism the billionaire is talking about is a case made of conductive material that can protect stored devices. protecting them from external electromagnetic signals and preventing data transfer. The system emerged from an experiment conducted by physicist Michael Faraday in 1836.

Data sales worry Musk

In another post, Musk explained the reason for the possibility of banning Apple devices in his companies. According to Tesla’s CEO, “Apple has no idea what’s really going on when it hands over its data to OpenAI.” can do put them on sale.

Shortly after the billionaire’s message was published, a note came from the community that gave context to the comment. Citing the technology giant and other sources, users state that ChatGPT will be enabled optionally. Apple AI will appear as standard.

It’s patently ridiculous that Apple isn’t smart enough to create its own AI, but somehow can make OpenAI protect your security and privacy!

Apple has no clue what’s actually going on after you hand over your data to OpenAI. They sell you down the river

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024

As Apple announced at WWDC 2024, the OpenAI bot will help Siri create context when needed and will be used to compose text and render images, among other functions. Company stated that he will not share data with his business partner and the tool will ask for authorization before taking action.

New AI features will arrive on iPhone and other compatible branded devices second half of this yearwith the release of the new generation of Apple operating systems.