05.19.2023
Apple has restricted employee use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence utilities amid the development of its own similar technology, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to a document
According to a document seen by The Wall Street Journal and individuals who claim to be familiar with the matter, Apple is concerned that AI tools could leak the company's confidential data. In addition to ChatGPT, Apple has barred staff from using GitHub's Copilot, a tool that helps write code with autocompletion.
Many businesses, such as banks, financial services, and healthcare institutions, have avoided adopting ChatGPT out of fear that their employees could inadvertently give the chatbot sensitive proprietary information. Samsung banned employee use of generative AI utilities like ChatGPT after discovering that staff had uploaded sensitive source code to the platform. The company was said to be concerned that data transmitted to artificial intelligence platforms including Bing and Google Bard could end up being disclosed to other users. JPMorgan Chase and Verizon have similarly banned use of these AI tools.
OpenAI has already sold Morgan Stanley a private ChatGPT service that allows employees to ask questions and analyze content in thousands of the bank's market research documents. Microsoft is working on a version of ChatGPT targeted at business customers to address privacy concerns.
The move comes in the context of Apple apparently working on its own large language models and AI technologies, led by senior vice president of Machine Learning and AI Strategy John Giannandrea. Giannandrea previously worked for Google and now reports directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. The The Wall Street Journal did not provide more information about what Apple's AI efforts encompass at this time.
OpenAI's ChatGPT has been accessible on the web and via several third-party iOS apps, but yesterday the company released the first official ChatGPT app for the iPhone and iPad.
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, ChatGPT
This article, "Apple Bans Employees From Using ChatGPT Amid Its Own AI Efforts" first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
You may also be interested in this
Apple TV+ post-apocalypti…
05.26.2023
Last week, we saw the Apple TV+ adaptation of the popular land as the second-most-watched streaming show/movie on Reelgood’s chart. A week later and Silo has become the most popular
Russian government purcha…
10.21.2024
Apple’s A18-powered iPhone 16 The Russian government significantly increased its iPhone purchases in the first nine months of 2024, acquiring four times more devices compared to the same period last
Will the Vision Pro heads…
06.08.2023
Apple is hoping its new Apple Vision Pro headset will shepherd in the era of "spatial computing," but apparently the company's aspirations might include replacing TVs, too.Apple TV+ series "Foundation"
Apple sweeps prestigious …
05.19.2023
Apple recently received one of the most difficult awards to obtain in advertising with an accessibility film from 2022 and a Rihanna song from Apple Music.Apple won awardsAt the Hammerstein
Apple chip production una…
07.06.2023
TSMC‘s Apple chip production is not expected to be affected by China’s decision to restrict exports of two key materials, but there are fears that this could change dramatically if
Canadian court rules R…
07.08.2023
Be careful how you emoji in the future, after a Canadian judge ruled that sending someone a "thumbs-up" symbol in a message can potentially enter you into a legally binding
Gravesite robbers respons…
06.28.2023
Tired of their uncle's gravesite being robbed, a Texas family used a stealthily hidden AirTag to catch the thieves in the act.AirTag What the family didn't bank on was that
9to5Mac Happy Hour 438: H…
06.15.2023
Benjamin and Chance talk all things Apple Vision Pro, from hardware design to its features to its real-world appeal. We also walk through Chance’s impressions of his hands-on demo experience
