Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to your iPhone soon and, according to Apple, it's going to transform the way you use your device. Launching under the brand name "Apple Intelligence" the iPhone maker's AI tools include a turbocharged version of its voice assistant, Siri, backed by a partnership with ChatGPT owner OpenAI. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. The technology is already available on smartphones including Google's latest Pixel and Samsung's Galaxy range. Yet the vast amounts of data needed by AI are leading to concerns about data privacy.

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot are rapidly evolving, fueling concerns that the technology could open the door to multiple privacy and security issues, particularly in the workplace. In May, privacy campaigners dubbed Microsoft's new Recall tool a potential "privacy nightmare" due to its ability to take screenshots of your laptop every few seconds. The feature has caught the attention of UK regulator the Information Commissioner's Office, which is asking Microsoft to reveal more about the safety of the product launching soon in its Copilot PCs. Concerns are also mounting over OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has demonstrated screenshotting abilities in its soon-to-launch macOS app that privacy experts say could result in the capture of sensitive data. The US House of Representatives has banned the use of Microsoft's Copilot among staff members after it was deemed by the Office of Cybersecurity to be a risk to users due to "the threat of leaking House data to non-House approved cloud services." Meanwhile, market analyst Gartner has cautioned that "using Copilot for Microsoft 365 exposes the risks of sensitive data and content exposure internally and externally."

One afternoon an email arrives that threatens to end my career. Or at the very least, it makes me think seriously about what the end of my career might look like. It comes from a woman in Ely called Camden Woollven who has an interest in my restaurant reviews, a taste for the absurd and perhaps just a little too much time on her hands. Woollven works in the tech sector and has long been fascinated by OpenAI, a company founded in 2015, with investment from among others Elon Musk, to develop user-friendly applications involving artificial intelligence. In November last year, after $10bn worth of investment from Microsoft, OpenAI released ChatGPT3, a tool which has been trained on a vast array of data and allows us to commission articles and have human-like text conversations with a chatbot.