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Apple will be embedding ChatGPT into the operating systems of its products, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, as part of its “Apple Intelligence” platform and latest partnership with OpenAI.

For the past three weeks, reports of an agreement between Apple and OpenAI to use the startup’s tools on Apple products have circulated as a part of the technology firm’s series of new AI features. Both companies have separately confirmed the partnership on June 10.

The ChatGPT integration into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, powered by OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4o, will enable users to access the chatbot’s capabilities, including image and document understanding.

One feature also lets Apple’s Siri leverage ChatGPT to provide answers, with user consent required before sending any questions, documents, or photos, and the responses will be presented directly by the voice assistant.

ChatGPT will also be available in Apple’s systemwide Writing Tools — a feature introduced as part of the company’s new personal intelligence system, Apple Intelligence — for assisted writing. Users can further use ChatGPT’s image tools to create images.

OpenAI said it will not store prompts sent to the AI assistants. Users’ IP addresses will also be hidden. It added that users can choose to connect their existing ChatGPT account, which will apply user preferences under the platform’s policies.

Apple Intelligence will launch in beta for free later this year on Apple’s latest operating systems in the United States.

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Apple Intelligence? ‘Don’t want it’

Although market watchers have long anticipated Apple’s entry into the generative artificial intelligence space, not all seem pleased with its ChatGPT integration. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who also co-founded OpenAI, threatened to ban Apple devices at his companies should Apple move forward with the collaboration.

“Don’t want it,” Musk replied to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s X post. “Either stop this creepy spyware or all Apple devices will be banned from the premises of my companies.”

The billionaire continued his tirade in a separate post, claiming that the ChatGPT integration into Apple’s operation system is an “unacceptable security violation.”

Musk sued OpenAI on Feb. 29, alleging that the company breached an agreement by becoming overly profit-focused. OpenAI responded by releasing a series of emails that appear to show Musk’s prior support for the organization’s shift to a for-profit model.

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