Elon Musk promises to BAN iPhones from his companies and signals imminent AI tech war after Apple announces partnership with ChatGPT

ELON MUSK is ready to ban iPhones and Mac computers from his company after tech rival Apple announced plans to use OpenAI.

The billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) and Tesla said Apple products would not be welcome at his company if Apple partnered with OpenAI GPT Chat.

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Apple revealed a series of characteristics at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, June 10, including the controversial decision to equip Siri with GPT.4o.

The move raised security concerns, with Musk turning to X to express his apprehension about Apple AI’s security and data storage.

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and now runs a rival company called xAI after leaving the company in 2018.

Musk’s xAI is an alternative to the viral ChatGPT chatbot. It was recently valued at US$24 billion.

In a post on X, Musk said: “If Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, Apple devices will be banned in my companies.

“This is an unacceptable security breach.

“It is patently absurd that Apple is not smart enough to create its own AI, but is somehow able to guarantee that OpenAI will protect its security and privacy.

“They’re selling you down the river.”

Musk added: “Employees and visitors will have to leave their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage.”

A Faraday cage blocks cell phone reception as well as wireless internet and Bluetooth signals.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that one of the five criteria Apple Intelligence needs to meet is to be ‘private’.

He said: “Apple Intelligence will keep users’ personal information on their devices rather than sending it to an Apple-owned cloud,” thanks to the company’s powerful new M chips.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman said the new development will be available “later this year.”

He said on X: “Very excited!”

This is not the first time that OpenAI has caused controversy.

OpenAI recently made headlines when Scarlett Johansson accused ChatGPT.4o of deliberately imitating her voice with a chatbot called Sky.

In a statement to Variety, Johansson said, “When I heard the demo released, I was shocked, angry, and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that the voice was based on the Avengers actress.

He said: “Sky’s voice is not Scarlett Johansson’s and was never intended to sound like hers.

“Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused the use of Sky’s voice in our products”

What are the security fears regarding Apple Intelligence

Apple announced that it will use OpenAI in its products.

Apple’s new intelligence system, AI, will include new tools such as the ability to ask ChatGPT direct questions through your Apple devices and a smarter Siri voice assistant,

Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, said: Apple AI “sends only the data relevant to completing its task.

“Your data is never stored or made available to Apple”

However, Musk disagrees, with the billionaire tech enthusiast attacking X with claims that consumer data and privacy would be violated.

He said: “Apple has no idea what is really going on when it hands over its data to OpenAI.”