Elon Musk, one of the cofounders of OpenAI, was quick to respond on X, branding ChatGPT-powered Apple AI tools “creepy spyware” and an “unacceptable security violation.”“If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies,” Musk wrote.
“In theory, this is as close to end-to-end encryption for cloud AI as you can get,” Doffman says.
Apple has put together a “pretty impressive privacy system” for its AI, says Bruce Schneier, chief of security architecture at Inrupt.
“Hybrid AI” used on Samsung Galaxy devices running Google Android and Google’s Nano range sees some AI processes handled locally, leveraging cloud when necessary to enable more advanced capabilities.
“With hybrid AI, some data must leave the device and be processed elsewhere, making it more susceptible to interception or misuse,” says Riccardo Ocleppo, founder and director of Open Institute of Technology, which provides technology-focused courses.

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