Elon Musk Uses Iconic Indian Meme Criticising Apple And OpenAI Partnership

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that he would ban Apple iPhones at his firms, calling the tech giant’s recent partnership with OpenAI a security concern and deepening his long-running rivalries with both businesses. The billionaire-businessman stated in a series of posts on X that Apple devices would be prohibited from his companies and that guests would have to check in with their devices at the door, where they would be “stored in a Faraday cage, “if Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level.” Furthermore, he mocked Apple on Tuesday by sharing an iconic Indian meme.

The meme, drollly captioned “How intelligence works,” features a man and a woman sipping coconut water. The text suggests that Apple and OpenAI’s collaboration may lead to uninvited data exchange, potentially infringing on privacy rights.

The post has over 52 million views on the social media platform.

However, users took a dig at X’s privacy policy and highlighted how Siri first asks the user before sharing the data.

A user wrote, “I don’t think this is what is happening. They are being transparent about it. You can always say no.”

Another user stated, “No, it’s not, look at their presentation first. Siri asks if it is to share data.”

Meanwhile, another user altered the meme and made it about X’s rumoured change in privacy policy.

On the other hand, some users suggested that Musk should develop his own “Tesla phones.”

At the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple revealed “Apple Intelligence,” which includes a number of generative AI on-device features, as per the report by Indian Express.

The firm also said that it would incorporate GPT4o into Siri to provide a more sophisticated chatbot experience for users of iPhones, iPads and Macs.

While both Apple and OpenAI have stated that users are consulted before “any questions are sent to ChatGPT,” including any documents or images, Tech Crunch reports that Musk’s comments suggest he thinks OpenAI is deeply ingrained in Apple’s operating system and can thus retrieve any private or personal information.

As per Apple’s announcement in iOS 18, users will be able to ask Siri questions.

If the assistant believes ChatGPT can assist, it will request permission to share the query and provide a straight answer.

As a result, users can receive a response from ChatGPT without opening the iOS app.

All files that you upload to ChatGPT, including photos and PDFs, are handled in the same way.