BlueMail – pressnews

Apple blocks update to email app with ChatGPT tech

4Mar

By adminNo Comments

Technology

Apple blocks update to email app with ChatGPT tech

[ad_1] Apple Inc has blocked an update to email app BlueMail, which uses a customized version of OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, the co-founder of the app developer told Reuters on Thursday. "Apple has blocked the BlueMail update and continues to treat BlueMail unfairly and to discriminate against us," Blix's Ben Volach said. "Other GPT-powered apps seem not to be restricted," he added. Apple, which rejected the app update last week, asked the company to revise the app's age rating for those over 17 or implement content filtering, as BlueMail may produce content not appropriate for all audiences, according to a document viewed by Reuters. "We want fairness. If we're required to be 17-plus, then others should also have to," Volach tweet...

SHOCKING! Apple bans AI email app with ChatGPT tech over fear of inappropriate content

[ad_1] In a shock move, Apple has blocked an email app from its App Store due to fears of inappropriate content, reports have revealed. The email app is named BlueMail and it uses a customized version of the latest GPT technology, similar to the one used in ChatGPT. The cofounder of BlueMail, Ben Valoch, revealed that Apple told them the AI powered content generation abilities of the app could show results which are not appropriate for minors. Apple has also advised use of 17+ age restriction for the app.The details were reported by The Wall Street Journal, which mentioned that the apprehension for Apple came from the past controversies around ChatGPT and similar tools where these AI chatbots were giving responses that were either inaccurate, misleading or inappropriate. Recently, Goog...

Apple blocks update to email app with ChatGPT tech – WSJ

[ad_1] Apple Inc has delayed the approval of an update to an email app with AI-powered tools due to worries that it may generate inappropriate content for children, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing communications between the iPhone maker and the app developer. An update to the email app, BlueMail, which uses a customized version of OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, was blocked last week, Ben Volach, co-founder of BlueMail developer Blix Inc, told the Journal. Volach in a Twitter post said Apple was unfairly targeting BlueMail and that the app has content filtering. Placing a higher age restriction on the app could limit distribution to potential new users. "We want fairness. If we're required to be 17-plus, then others should also have to," he tweeted, adding th...