By Akash Sriram
(Reuters) – 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 tweeted, adding that many other apps that advertise ChatGPT-like features listed on Apple’s app store do not have age restrictions.
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