OpenAI has launched a ChatGPT plugin for managing messages in Apple Messages
OpenAI has launched a plugin connecting Apple Messages to ChatGPT – it allows messages to be sorted, deleted, searched and sent on behalf of the user. According to the company, it runs locally without indexing messages, but the company recommends reviewing them before sending.
OpenAI has launched a plugin that connects the Apple Messages app to the ChatGPT chatbot. It allows users to have messages sorted, analyzed or edited in ChatGPT directly from the chatbot interface. According to the article, the plugin is available for regular ChatGPT and Codex, as well as the business version, ChatGPT Work.
The listed features include deleting messages, composing and sending replies on behalf of the user, or searching for specific information in conversation history. An advertisement for the plugin shows an example in which a user asks the chatbot to suggest follow-up messages to contacts based on conversations from the previous day.
The launch of the plugin raises privacy questions. OpenAI told Bloomberg that the plugin runs locally on the device of the user and “does not create an index of all messages” belonging to that person – this is a claim by the company, rather than a verified statement. According to the article, the precise meaning of this claim is unclear, and TechCrunch has requested additional information from OpenAI.
OpenAI also recommends that users monitor what ChatGPT does with their messages and discourages enabling permanent automatic approval for sending – according to the company, this option “removes the last opportunity to review a message before ChatGPT sends it on behalf of the user”. The article does not state the source of further developments or the launch date. Details can be found in the source article.
Why it matters
For individuals, this is a tool that takes over routine communication tasks (sorting, replying to and deleting messages), but it also raises the question of how much of a private conversation reaches the AI system without clearly described data processing. For companies that can deploy the plugin through ChatGPT Work, it poses a risk associated with automatically sending messages on behalf of employees and with uncertainties around the processing of message content, which, according to the article, OpenAI has not yet fully addressed.
Two audiences, two different impacts
What this means
For individuals
Users can connect their Apple Messages inbox to ChatGPT and have the chatbot sort, delete, search, write and send messages for them, but OpenAI itself recommends retaining control over sending and keeping the option to review a message before it is sent.
For a business
The plugin is also available for ChatGPT Work, meaning it can be deployed by businesses – companies can have the chatbot sort, edit and send employee messages, which, according to OpenAI, requires ongoing human oversight of sending and raises unresolved questions about data processing.
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