AI Era Network reported on June 8 | Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said in an interview with the media that he was excited about the "unique application" of the AI chatbot ChatGPT. At the just-concluded WWDC 2023 developer conference, the company released a MR headset based on virtual reality enhancement technology, Vision Pro.
Before the start of this year's WWDC conference, many media at home and abroad speculated that the word "AI" would be mentioned by Apple several times, but the last time was not. Apple seems to prefer to use the term "machine learning", which has surprised many melon-eating people. In fact, a large number of Apple's products have integrated a variety of AI application experiences, such as the album we use the most, the system will automatically generate album-like videos according to the picture content in the album, and give a reasonable soundtrack. But Apple officials don't seem to like calling this ability "artificial intelligence."
After this conference, Cook said in an interview with foreign media that although Apple has integrated the application of AI artificial intelligence technology into its products, the general public may not necessarily think that these functions belong to the category of artificial intelligence, such as the newly released MR headset, which uses 3D portraits automatically generated by AI as the first-person image when using MR to talk to others online.
Cook also added that Apple is closely following the development and changes of ChatGPT. He admits that he logs on to ChatGPT's official website on his office Mac.
Cook believes chatbots based on large language models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, show "great promise." However, he also pointed out that in some cases issues such as bias, misinformation and other issues may occur, leading to worse outcomes.
Cook also mentioned his views on AI regulation and guardrails. He said that although regulation is necessary, AI is very powerful and the technology is evolving quickly.
"If you look ahead, you see that it's so powerful that the companies have to regulate themselves," Cook stressed. It's going to be hard for regulators to keep up with this because it's moving so fast, so I think companies also have a responsibility to regulate themselves. ”
Last month, tech executives and scientists sounded the alarm about AI, with more than 300 AI veterans from around the world signing it. They said in a joint statement that the extinction risk brought by artificial intelligence is comparable to the epidemic and nuclear war, and it is necessary to introduce corresponding AI regulatory policies to prevent the outbreak of AI risks. OpenAI CEO Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott also signed the statement.