ChatGPT for Enterprise<\/a>, which OpenAI says now has over 5 million business customers. These companies use the AI service to connect with their own internal data when using AI agents.<\/p>\nHowever, what\u2019s interesting about the way Apple\u2019s integration with ChatGPT for Enterprise has been structured is that it\u2019s not hard-coded to only restrict or allow ChatGPT itself. <\/p>\n
Instead, Apple\u2019s support documents indicate that IT administrators will be able to restrict or allow any \u201cexternal\u201d artificial intelligence provider, not just OpenAI\u2019s technology. That leaves the door open for Apple to forge other deals with large AI players used in the enterprise environment, without having to recode things at the protocol level.<\/p>\n
As Apple has rolled out new AI features aimed at its devices\u2019 end users \u2014 like writing tools or visual intelligence, for example \u2014 it\u2019s also rolled out ways for IT departments to control access to those features.<\/p>\n
While the company fully believes in its Private Cloud Compute architecture, it knows that it can take time for companies to agree to make changes to sensitive systems and data. That\u2019s why it leaves it up to businesses to decide if data should be processed in the cloud or on the device, for example.<\/p>\n
In addition to letting businesses pick and choose which AI features to enable, this setup allows businesses to decide whether employees\u2019 AI requests can go to ChatGPT\u2019s cloud service, even when the business doesn\u2019t have its own enterprise deal with OpenAI. (ChatGPT, you\u2019ll recall, has been integrated with Apple Intelligence across Apple\u2019s software platform to handle AI requests that Apple\u2019s own cloud can\u2019t. Because requests never go from Apple\u2019s cloud to ChatGPT directly \u2014 it\u2019s either\/or \u2014 it\u2019s easier to disable the ChatGPT setting.)<\/p>\n
While AI updates are a highlight of the enterprise-related updates due out in the fall, Apple is also rolling out other new features to its largest customers. <\/p>\n
It will launch an API for its Apple Business Manager service, which will allow the service\u2019s functions to be integrated into other IT tools, like MDM products, inventory management services, or help desks, among others. It\u2019s also debuting new tools for Device Management to make it easier to migrate devices to a different management service \u2014 something that often comes up in M&A scenarios when a new company takes over employee devices and assets.<\/p>\n
Apple\u2019s Return to Service solution, which lets devices quickly get wiped and readied for the next user, will now offer the option to leave all apps installed, saving time and bandwidth since IT admins and users won\u2019t need to reinstall them. Plus, Return to Service will become available for Vision Pro for the first time.<\/p>\n
On shared Macs, an authenticated Guest Mode lets employees log in with account credentials from their identity provider, then has their data (but not apps) erased upon logout. Another option lets businesses add NFC readers to Macs, so employees can just tap their watch or phone to log in.<\/p>\n
These tools will also roll out in September as part of Apple\u2019s broader software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac and more.<\/p>\n
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