App Update With ChatGPT Technology Blocked By Apple

In conversations between Apple and the developers of an email app, Trade Algo reported on Thursday that Apple has delayed approval of an update to the app due to concerns that the AI-powered tools may generate inappropriate content for children, citing communications between Apple and the developers of the app.

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Ben Volach, a co-founder of Blix Inc., the company behind the BlueMail email client that uses a customized version of OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, told Trade Algo that an update to BlueMail was blocked last week.

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In a Twitter post, Volach said Apple was unfairly targeting BlueMail and that the app had content filtering functionality. There is a possibility that placing a higher age restriction on the app may limit the ability to reach potential new users via the app.

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He tweeted, "We want fairness. If it's mandatory for us to be 17 or older to have access to ChatGPT, then other users should have to be as well," adding that many other apps on Apple's app store that advertise features similar to ChatGPT don't impose any age restrictions on their users.

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There are several options for developers when it comes to challenging a rejection, including appealing it through Apple's App Review Board process, which is looking into the complaint.

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There was no immediate response from Blix and Volach to Reuters' request for comment.

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The tech industry has been captivated by OpenAI's ChatGPT, a system that generates content in response to user prompts based on human interaction.

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At the beginning of February, both Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google announced that they were each developing their own AI chatbots.

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The field of AI-powered chatbots is still in its infancy, but it has already made headlines with its unpredictable search results and conversations.

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