Apple is also taking action! Restrict employees from using AI tools such as ChatGPT on data security grounds

According to media reports citing a document on Thursday (May 18), Apple has restricted employees from using ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Another source revealed that Apple is developing similar AI technology.

The document states that Apple is concerned that employees using artificial intelligence programs will leak confidential company data.

Employees are also advised not to use Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot, an AI programming assistant used to automatically write software code.

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ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot created by OpenAI based on a large language model that can answer questions in a human-like manner and perform other tasks.

Last month, OpenAI said it had introduced a privacy mode for ChatGPT, in which ChatGPT will not retain users’ conversation history or use historical conversations with users to improve its artificial intelligence.

Still, there has been growing scrutiny of ChatGPT and other chatbots, particularly over how developers should manage data from hundreds of millions of users, which is often used to improve or train artificial intelligence.

Apple has always been known for its strict security measures to protect the company's news about future products and consumer data.

In fact, not only Apple, but also JPMorgan Chase, US telecom operator Verizon and other companies have announced a ban on the use of such applications; an Amazon spokesperson also recently stated that it hopes that engineers who use ChatGPT to help coding use Amazon's internal AI tools.

Apple’s road to AI

This time, people familiar with the matter revealed to the media that Apple is developing its own large-scale language model.

The head of Apple’s artificial intelligence field is John Giannandrea, a professional hired by Apple from Google in 2018. Currently, Apple has acquired many artificial intelligence startups.

In Apple’s latest quarterly earnings conference call, CEO Cook said when talking about generative artificial intelligence, “you need to think carefully about how to deal with these things.”

Apple has also recently paid close attention to new software related to generative artificial intelligence on its App Store, and the review team has also asked developers to increase the age limit of applications to 17 years and above.

Earlier on Thursday, OpenAI launched the ChatGPT application in the United States for Apple iPhone users and promised to provide the same service for Android phones in the future.

(Source of article: Financial Associated Press)

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