WASHINGTON: Apple Inc has signed U.S. President Joe Biden's voluntary commitments governing artificial intelligence (AI), joining 15 other firms that have committed to ensuring that AI's power is not used for destructive purposes, the White House said on Friday.
The original commitments, announced in July 2023, were signed on to by firms including Google and OpenAI partner Microsoft. In September, eight more firms including Adobe, IBM, Nvidia signed on.
Apple announced its AI ambition with Apple Intelligence at the WWDC 2024 last month. The company seems to have gone in a different path with its AI roadmap and is not ready to compromise on user privacy. In fact, Apple says that most of the AI processing will be done on-device thanks to the Apple AI chips powering the data centres. However, Apple has signed a deal with OpenAI that brings ChatGPT to macOS, iOS 18 and other devices later this year.
The company has gone against working with Meta for its chequered history with user data and their privacy. Having said that, Apple is willing to deal with Google in the near future, which most likely will bring Gemini AI to its devices. Google is hosting its own Pixel launch event next month where new AI features and plans will be revealed.
While Apple holds up for the regular September launch timeline for the iPhone 16 series this year which has got the industry excited for the future of AI and the overall demand for the technology in the years to come.
(With Reuters inputs)
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