What do you need to know
- Apple just announced its partnership with OpenAI, bringing ChatGPT into its ecosystem.
- While the iPhone maker has potentially addressed security and privacy concerns with its Private Cloud Compute system, users seem to still be concerned about these issues if Apple integrates OpenAI technology into its operating system.
- Elon Musk has teased that he might inevitably develop a Grok Phone to avoid these issues.
Apple just held its much-anticipated WWDC 2024 event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. The event was impressive and new announcements kept coming, including iOS 18 updates (Finally! We can arrange apps and widgets in any open space on the home screen). But perhaps the stopgap (at least for most people) had to be Apple Intelligence and the new OpenAI partnership that brought ChatGPT into the ecosystem.
When it comes to Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall feature, privacy and security are crucial for users. Billionaire Elon Musk is probably one of the harshest critics of AI advances by giant corporations like Microsoft and OpenAI. As you might have guessed, he weighed in on Apple’s OpenAI partnership and the Apple Intelligence announcement.
During the WWDC event, Apple unveiled its own Apple Intelligence. The model runs on a device with more than 3 billion parameters, allowing users to interact with it locally. However, Apple will rely on Private Cloud Compute for more complex tasks or challenges that require more computing power, which promises security and privacy. The Service will only use your data to fulfill your request. It will not save the data for future use or make it available to anyone. While it’s all on paper, we’ll have to wait and see how things pan out once it’s widely available.
Grok Phone with better security and privacy?
Musk was unashamedly enraged by Apple’s new partnership with OpenAI, which brought ChatGPT into the ecosystem and a much-needed overhaul of its seemingly outdated Siri assistant. It seems the billionaire wants to have everything AI at his fingertips. According to Musk:
“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned from my companies. This is an unacceptable security breach. And visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door where they will be stored in a Faraday cage.” “
The billionaire’s statements received quite a response on X (formerly Twitter), with some users even suggesting that it might be time to develop a Tesla phone.
Honestly at this point we need Tesla or the X to come out with a Starlink powered phone. I’d switch in a heartbeat. I don’t trust Altman myself, and I don’t want his tech on my phone, in my office, or near my family. I have no doubt that @elonmusk could build a visionary team.June 10, 2024
Musk is seemingly open to the idea of ​​developing a Grok/Tesla themed phone, and that could potentially happen when/if Apple integrates “awakened nanny AI spyware” into its operating system.
give me a grok phone with built in grok https://t.co/ub6pQz0pbtJune 10, 2024
Advances in AI seem like a huge undertaking. For example, Apple had to pull the plug on its electric car development and channel allocated resources into its AI ambitions. The same can be said for Microsoft, which is all about AI, with insiders saying it turned overnight into a “glorified IT department” for OpenAI, ultimately costing it the Azure department.
It will be interesting to see how Musk develops the Grok phone and how it competes with top players in the category like Apple and Samsung. The latest lineup of devices from both companies is already heavily focused on AI and is likely to get more aggressive.