Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has strongly taken to Twitter to express his disagreement with Apple’s recent partnership with OpenAI. The technology entrepreneur claims that the major security risks as well as privacy concerns resulting from this collaboration. This deal is referred to by him as “an unacceptable security violation” in one of his tweets.
Elon Musk SLAMS Apple-OpenAI deal with Tamil movie meme
Apple’s recent partnership with OpenAI can be summarised in Elon Musk’s tweet
To further elaborate on it, Musk posted a meme from 2017 Tamil film Thappattam where a man and a woman are seen sharing coconut water which symbolizes possible data exchange between Apple and Open.AI that might jeopardize users’ privacy.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024
Elon Musk questions Apple’s AI Capabilities
Musk also wondered why Apple had resorted to using OpenAI rather than developing its own artificial intelligence (AI) software. He noted that having no in-house AI development does not make sense for Apple since they will not guarantee user privacy if they continue depending on OpenAI.
The business magnate went a step ahead and threatened to ban all apple devices at his firms – Tesla, SpaceX among others, once the integration goes down into the operating system level. Data security was emphasized while suggesting storing visitor’s apple devices inside Faraday cages so as to prevent any data transmission.
If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024
What is Apple’s Partnership with OpenAI?
Notably, during the recent World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple announced “Apple Intelligence”, a collection of on-device AI features. They also presented their intention to bring GPT-4 technology into Siri, for better chatbot experience.
