Elon Musk Says He Will Ban Apple Devices From His Companies If They Integrate OpenAI
Decrypt
“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies. That is an unacceptable security violation.”
Elon Musk10 June 2024- What you'll lose1/5
Employees' iPhones, checked at the door into a Faraday cage.
- Condescension2/5
Apple's privacy explanation, waved away.
- Tone-deafness3/5
A rival's deal, declared a security violation.
- Doom1/5
'Unacceptable security violation.'
- Hypocrisy0/5
None on record.
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The occasion
X (post), 10 June 2024.
Context
Hours after Apple announced a ChatGPT integration at WWDC, Musk posted this and a follow-up that visitors would have to leave Apple devices in a Faraday cage. Apple said requests are only sent to OpenAI with the user's permission, with IP addresses obscured and requests not stored.
Crowd reaction
Critical commentary
Ars Technica wrote that Musk was 'seemingly spreading misconceptions while heavily criticizing the partnership' and that another of his posts 'temporarily received a fact-checking community note'. Sherwood News noted of his claim that Apple was selling users down the river: 'Unlike, presumably, xAI.'
- Primary source, post
- Decrypt: Elon Musk Says He Will Ban Apple Devices From His Companies If They Integrate OpenAI
- Ars Technica: Elon Musk is livid about new OpenAI/Apple deal
- Sherwood News: Elon Musk says he may “ban” Apple devices at his companies after OpenAI announcement
- LBC: Elon Musk says he could ban Apple devices at his companies over OpenAI deal
- Where the exact words are printed