OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Plugin for Apple Messages on Mac, Stirring Privacy Debate
OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT plugin for macOS that allows users to read, draft, and send messages directly through Apple's iMessage, SMS, and RCS platforms. The integration requires significant user permissions and has sparked privacy concerns given the ongoing legal tensions between OpenAI and Apple.
Why it matters
This integration challenges Apple's tightly controlled messaging ecosystem and raises critical questions about data privacy and the boundaries of third-party AI access to personal communications.
Add to Google Preferred Sources 1 OpenAI has launched a ChatGPT plugin for Mac that can read, search, draft, and send messages through Apple's Messages app, including iMessage, SMS, and RCS. The feature works across all ChatGPT plans and integrates with Codex and ChatGPT Work. Users must grant several permissions, including Full Disk Access, and sending messages requires approval by default. OpenAI says the plugin runs locally and does not build an index of all messages. The rollout comes after Apple sued OpenAI last month and as Apple prepares its own Siri AI capabilities. The integration may raise privacy concerns given Apple's longstanding emphasis on protecting user data.
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