The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Apple delayed approving an update to its messaging app that includes artificial intelligence tools amid concerns that it could generate inappropriate content for children.
Ben Volach, co-founder of BlueMail Blix app developer, told the newspaper that the email app update uses a custom version of OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, which was blocked last week.
It should be noted that the relationship with Apple (Blix) is not good since the company was formed with the video game company (Epic Games) Epic Games (App Fairness Coalition for App Fairness), which was formed to fight Apple's cuts. The percentage is available on the App Store.
(Volach) previously sued Apple claiming that the Sign in with Apple feature infringed its patents, but the case was dismissed.
The latest update to the app (BlueMail) includes an AI feature that can extract text from previous emails to help users compose new emails. The technology is powered by chatbot ChatGPT.
In response to the Wall Street Journal, Apple said it was investigating the Blix complaint and said developers could appeal to the App Review Board. The company has not yet commented on claims that other AI applications are allowed without age restrictions.
In particular, companies like Microsoft and Google announced chatbots in February.
Although AI chatbots are a nascent field, the research results they provide and the discussions I've had with them so far have made headlines due to their unpredictability.