Elon Musk blasted Apple's partnership with OpenAI and threatened to ban Apple devices at his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, if the partnership proceeds.
He criticized Apple's plan to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into its operating system, claiming it is a security violation and could pose a security risk to users. Visitors to his firms will need to check their Apple devices at the door to be stored in a Faraday cage, Musk said.
Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI and plans to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot into Siri and other AI features.
Musk owns a rival AI company, xAI, and is involved in a legal battle with OpenAI, accusing the company of prioritizing profits over its original mission to benefit humanity.
His reaction to the OpenAI-Apple partnership may stem from his own AI plans for his platforms, including Grok and xAI.
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and has criticized the company and its CEO for deviating from their original mission, leading him to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman and to found xAI, a competitor to OpenAI.
Sources: Washington Times, Time, CBS News, The Independent, Forbes, CNN, Bloomberg, Fox News, HuffPost, PC Mag, El País, ReadWrite, CNET, Reuters, CNBC, Mashable, Venture Beat, The Verge, Deutsche Welle, New York Post, Cult of Mac, South China Morning Post, and 9to5Mac.
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq.
