Why Musk criticized Apple's partnership with OpenAI

At the WWDC 2024 conference, which started on June 10, Apple announced a future collaboration with the leader in the field of artificial intelligence, OpenAI. It is planned to integrate ChatGPT technology with the Siri voice assistant. 

This news drew sharp criticism from Elon Musk, who expressed his outrage in a series of posts on the X platform, accusing Apple of «selling user data.»

Musk stated: 

«Apple is not innovative enough to create its own AI, but does it think it can guarantee user privacy through OpenAI? This is ridiculous! As soon as your data gets into OpenAI, Apple loses control. In fact, they are selling you out.»

The businessman even threatened to ban the use of Apple devices in his companies. 

«If Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, Apple devices will be banned in my companies. This represents a serious security breach. Visitors will be required to hand over their Apple devices at the entrance.»