Why Elon Musk is Threatening to Ban Apple Devices – TradingView News

Tesla TSLA CEO Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple AAPL devices at Tesla and his other companies. Musk believes the iPhone maker’s partnership with OpenAI will create IT security risks. AAPL shares fell 1.9% yesterday but are up more than 3% as of this writing.

Elon Musk also runs X (formerly Twitter), SpaceX and a number of other smaller technology companies.

Apple’s AI initiatives and Musk’s concerns

Apple announced yesterday that it will use the popular OpenAI chatbot, ChatGPT, in its devices. Additionally, the company intends to add artificial intelligence to many of its apps, including its Siri voice assistant. Apple wants to use this technology to make its tools more personalized. However, the company also says it prioritizes privacy in its AI offerings.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk warned in a post on X that “Apple has no idea what actually happens when it gives your data to OpenAI.”

“They sell you downstream,” the CEO added.

Musk also suggested that OpenAI would extract users’ information from their devices and use it in nefarious ways.

“It is patently absurd that Apple is not smart enough to create its own AI, yet is somehow able to ensure that OpenAI will protect your security and privacy,” Musk wrote.

If Apple integrates ChatGPT into its operating system, Musk said he would respond by denying employees the use of Apple devices at his companies. OpenAI CEO Greg Brockman announced that ChatGPT will indeed be included in Apple operating systems later this year.

Musk’s story on ChatGPT

Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI back in 2015. However, in March 2024, he sued the company for abandoning its “original mission” of being a nonprofit entity focused on benefiting humanity. Musk launched rival AI startup xAI in July 2023.

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Larry Ramer has been researching and writing about US stocks for 15 years. He worked for The Fly and Israel’s largest business newspaper, Globes. Larry began writing columns for InvestorPlace in 2015. His wildly successful and contradictory choices included SMCI, INTC and MGM.