Apple recently circulated an internal memo that restricted the use of large language models, such as ChatGPT, by its employees. According to The Wall Street Journal, sources within the company have indicated that this is to prevent the potential leakage of any confidential user data.
The organization is taking further steps to create their own in-house artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, the document added. Additionally, Apple asked their staff to stop using the software code-writing automation tool Copilot, developed by Microsoft-owned GitHub.
Developed with the help of Microsoft-backed OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot-based AI technology that can respond to queries, construct compositions, and complete various tasks that are remarkably similar to how a human interacts. Nevertheless, the usage of such large language models could make organizations vulnerable to sporadic exposure of confidential particulars.
This restriction follows a similar ban in parts of Europe, with Italy being the one that revoked this decision. Last month, Samsung Electronics also prohibited the utilization of generative AI within its facilities. People supporting the technology, such as Bill Gates, are in contrast to those like Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak who have called for a temporary halt on implementations of AI models which are “more powerful” than GPT-4.
Apple is one of the most prominent technology corporations in the world. Founded in California in 1976, the company has provided various products and services ranging from consumer electronics to digital media. Throughout the decades, it has revolutionized the way people interact with technology, from introducing the iPod that popularized the digital music player, to the iPhone, the first widely used-smartphone.
Steve Wozniak is one of the founding members of Apple, and one of the critics of AI technology. Though initially working as a computer programmer, he contributed greatly to the early success of the company by developing the Apple I and Apple II home computers. Since then, Wozniak has become an advocate for educational and technological initiatives, inspiring people to apply technology to solve problems.
