Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge So Apple has restricted the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, The Wall Street Journal reports. ChatGPT has been on the ban list for months, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman adds. It’s not just Apple, but also Samsung and Verizon in the tech world and a who’s who of banks (Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan). This is because of the possibility of confidential data escaping; in any event, ChatGPT’s privacy policy explicitly says your prompts can be used to train its models unless you opt out. The fear of leaks isn’t unfounded: in March, a bug in ChatGPT revealed data from other users. Is there a world where…

Apple employees will be restricted from using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools, The Wall Street Journal reports Friday. Apple Park in Cupertino, California Aaron Tilley and Miles Kruppa for The Wall Street Journal: Apple is concerned workers who use these types of programs could release confidential data, according to the document. Apple also told its employees not to use Microsoft -owned GitHub’s Copilot, which automates the writing of software code, the document said. ChatGPT, created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, is a chatbot derived from a so-called large language model that is able to answer questions, write essays and perform other tasks in humanlike ways. When people use these models, data is sent back to the developer to enable continued improvements,…

Apple employees will be restricted from using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools, The Wall Street Journal reports Friday. Apple Park in Cupertino, California Aaron Tilley and Miles Kruppa for The Wall Street Journal: Apple is concerned workers who use these types of programs could release confidential data, according to the document. Apple also told its employees not to use Microsoft -owned GitHub’s Copilot, which automates the writing of software code, the document said. ChatGPT, created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, is a chatbot derived from a so-called large language model that is able to answer questions, write essays and perform other tasks in humanlike ways. When people use these models, data is sent back to the developer to enable continued improvements,…

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 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…

ChatGPT launched on iOS this week. | Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has restricted employees from using AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT over fears confidential information entered into these systems will be leaked or collected. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple employees have also been warned against using GitHub’s AI programming assistant Copilot. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted that ChatGPT had been on Apple’s list of restricted software “for months.” Apple has good reason to be wary. By default, OpenAI stores all interactions between users and ChatGPT. These conversations are collected to train OpenAI’s systems and can be inspected by moderators for breaking the company’s terms and services. In April, OpenAI launched a feature…

ChatGPT launched on iOS this week. | Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has restricted employees from using AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT over fears confidential information entered into these systems will be leaked or collected. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple employees have also been warned against using GitHub’s AI programming assistant Copilot. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted that ChatGPT had been on Apple’s list of restricted software “for months.” Apple has good reason to be wary. By default, OpenAI stores all interactions between users and ChatGPT. These conversations are collected to train OpenAI’s systems and can be inspected by moderators for breaking the company’s terms and services. In April, OpenAI launched a feature…