Apple bans ChatGPT from workplace

The company reportedly fears leaks from workers using AI.

Apple is apparently so freaked out by the possibility of leaks that it banned its employees from using external artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for work.

That must be at least a little frustrating, since AI can quickly generate words, images and even code. And that (usually) smart and speedy output can boost productivity on all types of tasks. As just one example, Cult of Mac recently interviewed an indie developer who used ChatGPT to build an iPhone app from scratch.

Not to fear, though. The Wall Street Journal, which broke the story of Apple’s ChatGPT ban, said Cupertino is already hard at work cooking up internal generative AI tools for employees’ use.

Ironically, news of Apple’s ban came the same day that OpenAI’s official ChatGPT app for iPhone arrived. It quickly shot up the App Store charts. Tell us in today’s poll (below) if you’ve used ChatGPT yet.

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