Large technology companies, immersed in a fierce race to create generative AI tools, are cautious when it comes to revealing their secrets. According to a new report, Apple has restricted internal use of tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft-owned GitHub's Copilot to prevent its data from ending up in the hands of competitors.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is concerned that its sensitive data will end up in the hands of developers who have trained models with user data. OpenAI launched the official ChatGPT app for iOS on Thursday. On the other hand, Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman tweeted that the chatbot has been on Apple's restricted software list for months.
I think ChatGPT has been banned/on Apple's restricted software list for months. Obviously the release of ChatGPT on iOS today makes this relevant again.
Mark Gurman (@markgurman) May 19th 2023
In May, Samsung also banned its employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT after three separate incidents were reportedly recorded in which they fed the chatbot company-owned data.
Other organizations, including banks such as Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo y JPMorgan, and Walmart and the telecommunications giant Verizon, have also restricted their staff's access to ChatGPT.
The WSJ report noted that Apple is developing its own generative AI models, but did not expand on what they might be used for. However, recent job postings suggest that Apple is on the hunt for generative AI talent. In March, The New York Times reported that several Apple teams, including the one working on Siri, are experimenting with language-generating AI.
Apple itself took a chance on generative AI when it launched AI-based book narrations in January. With AI being the focus of the just-concluded Google I/O developer conference, all eyes will be on Apple to make an AI-related announcement during its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month. comes.
