Apple has banned its employees from using third-party generative artificial intelligence (AI). This is due to concerns that confidential company data may be leaked in the course of business use.
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 19th, Apple announced that it would limit the use of external AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The use of Microsoft’s (MS)’Co-Pilot’, which automates software code creation based on generative AI, was also banned.
AI chatbots that use LLM (Large Language Model), such as ChatGPT, will transmit conversations entered by users to developers to improve performance.
Apple is concerned that confidential internal information may be unintentionally shared in this process. In fact, in March, it is known that a bug occurred in ChatGPT, and the titles of conversations some users had with ChatGPT were leaked to the outside.
In fact, many global companies, like Apple, are banning the use of ChatGPT to their employees due to security concerns. A movement to ban the use of generative AI, including ChatGPT, for security has emerged rapidly, centering on the financial industry, such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup. Samsung Electronics also announced earlier this month that it would limit the use of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, and MS Bing, in its DX (Device Experience) division through internal guidance.
Apple is not only conducting internal crackdowns on AI tools, but is also wary of apps using generative AI appearing in its app store, the ‘App Store’.
Recently, when an app developer requested an update to include the ChatGPT function in its e-mail app, Apple blocked the update, saying that AI could show inappropriate content to children and teenagers. App updates were allowed only after the developer implemented content filtering in the ChatGPT function.
“It’s important to approach things like AI very carefully and thoughtfully,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Meanwhile, OpenAI, which operates ChatGPT, has released an official ChatGPT app for iOS that can be used on iPhone and iPad. It seems that they are trying to increase the convenience and accessibility of users by launching the ChatGPT app for Android following iOS.
Source: Donga
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