Musk threatens to ban Apple from his companies over OpenAI integration

Technology CEO Elon Musk said he would ban employees at their companies will use Apple devices if the tech giant goes ahead with a plan to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) feature announced on Monday.

Apple said its “Intelligence” feature, which would integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will personalize a phone according to a user’s needs and add functionality.

“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, Apple devices will be banned in my companies. This is an unacceptable security breach,” Musk wrote on his X social media platform.

Musk, who leads X, carmaker Tesla and space company SpaceX, launched his own artificial intelligence venture xAI last year. Competitor OpenAI said it raised $6 billion last month at an $18 billion valuation.

The threat expands Musk’s rivalry with OpenAI, which he co-founded but is no longer affiliated with. Musk’s feud turned into a legal battle in March when he sued the company and its leader, Sam Altman, claiming they broke a contract in which Altman promised to develop AI for the benefit of humanity. That legal challenge triggered the founding of xAI, Musk later said.

Through Apple Intelligence, users will be able to prioritize their notifications or help rewrite language in apps, including in emails, notes or messages, the company announced Monday.

The feature will be included in the release of the new iOS18, as well as updates to the Mac and iPad operating systems due in the fall.

Access to ChatGPT will be integrated with the Siri voice assistant, Apple said, and will be accessible on the company’s other devices.

xAI launched its own text generation AI model as a rival to ChatGPT, called Grok, earlier this year.

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