Elon Musk criticizes Apple’s approach to artificial intelligence and threatens to block devices if OpenAI is integrated into the operating system

Elon Musk on Monday threatened to ban Apple devices in his companies if the tech giant integrates OpenAI at the operating system level.

Writing in X, Tesla’s CEO called the prospect an “unacceptable security breach.”

Musk said that if he complies with the ban, visitors will have to check their Apple devices “at the door where they will be stored in a Faraday cage.”

The comments come after Apple announced multiple artificial intelligence features across its apps and operating platforms and partnered with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT technology to its devices.

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Apple said it has built privacy-first AI and will use a combination of on-device and cloud computing to power these features.

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Musk stated that “what is patently absurd is that Apple isn’t smart enough to create its own AI and yet is somehow able to ensure that OpenAI will protect your security and privacy!”

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The community note below this tweet notes that Apple has created its own AI called “Apple Intelligence” and that ChatGPT is “an additional feature of Apple Intelligence, is limited to Siri and typing tools, and will require user consent for all use.”

Musk sued OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015, and its CEO Sam Altman in early March, claiming they had abandoned the startup’s original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, not for profit.

He also founded his own startup, xAI, looking to challenge OpenAI and build an alternative to the viral ChatGPT chatbot.

xAI was valued at $24 billion in its latest funding round, during which it raised $6 billion in Series B financing.

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FOX Business has reached out to Apple and OpenAI for a response to Musk’s comments.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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