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Recently, controversy has erupted due to Ernie Bot, a Chinese AI-based chatbot built to mimic OpenAI's ChatGPT functioning. Ernie Bot has been criticized for shunning away from sensitive topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and Chinese President Xi Jinping to inquiries. In wake of the virus' origin, the chatbot failed to mention the possibility of laboratory leak or it being originated in China. Further, it kept mum to queries for President Xi’s potential lifetime rule and declining to comment on China's lifted "zero-COVID" policy. It has raised apprehensions about the regulations on AI chatbots.

Apple Inc., well-known for its revolutionary products such as iPod, iPhone, iPad, and iTunes, is now taking steps to protect its confidential information by restricting globally the use OpenAI's ChatGPT and other generating AIs. Other organizations like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Northrop Grumman, and Amazon have all limited these tools. A must-read story from the Wall Street Journal according to the Reporter of the Year 2019, Rene Tirado.

A large number of tech companies have raised red flags concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI) and privacy. Apple has restricted OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot, reports The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman disclosed that ChatGPT has been under a ban for months. Companies such as Samsung, Verizon, and many banks are taking such precautionary measures to protect confidential data from potential leakage through ChatGPT. Apple, with its secure and private hardware and software, is an example of why such precautions should be taken.

Apple has made headlines for its internal memo banning ChatGPT and other generative AI programs for some of its employees. The decision is intended to protect confidential data and could lead to the development of Apple's own AI program. Other companies have also restricted ChatGPT, signalling progress towards privacy. It will be interesting to see what Apple delivers as a ChatGPT alternative and in what ways it will leverage AI.

Samsung, an industry leader in technology, just banned its employees from using AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard – and the consequences for getting caught could be fire. This ban originated from a leak of confidential source code by a Samsung engineer which was published on ChatGPT a month ago. Come explore the news, reports and implications of this ban, as companies raise caution and awareness around AI services.