Apple bans employees from using ChatGPT
In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining more and more space, company policies are adapting to this new reality. Apple recently sparked a lot of discussion among its employees and the tech industry at large by announcing that generative AI cannot be used for work. This decision had a direct impact on the use of applications such as ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular tool, and GitHub’s Copilot, both prized for their ability to quickly solve simple and complex problems.
Apple recently expressed concern about protecting confidential employee data in relation to artificial intelligence platforms. According to an internal document reported by The Wall Street Journal, the company fears that such platforms, including ChatGPT, could collect, and use, confidential information in an unwanted way.
This concern relates to the process in which data is sent to programmers to continually improve AI models. This is particularly relevant for ChatGPT which, as also indicated in the software’s welcome screen, sends data to developers to continually improve their AI models. Apple recognizes the importance of protecting personal data and is taking steps to ensure that confidential employee information is treated confidentially, and above all, securely.
For context, a bug discovered in March allowed users to view the chat history of other ChatGPT users. Although they have recently introduced an option to disable your chat history so that you do not participate in AI model training, security concerns remain. The fear is that if Apple engineers use ChatGPT or Copilot, they risk revealing code or other sensitive information.
Apple wants to integrate artificial intelligence with Siri
However, it seems that Apple is already working on an internal solution. A new AI project, led by former Google engineer John Giannandrea, appears to be in the works. During a recent conference call with investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted the huge potential of generative AI, while acknowledging that there are “problems that need to be addressed”.
Some suggest that Apple could focus its energies on updating Siri, its virtual assistant that has objectively lagged behind the competition. Apple is secretly testing a technology known as Bobcat that could bring a generative natural language capability to Siri, though it’s not yet clear when, or if, that technology will be made public.
For now, the only certainty lies in the ban on the use of tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot in force among Apple employees, many of whom, among other things, complain about the functioning of Siri due to its outdated database technology. But in an industry as dynamic as technology, things can change quickly. It remains to be seen how Apple will navigate these uncertain waters, balancing employee data security and a desire to innovate with new generative AI tools.
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