ChatGPT can now control iMessage, potentially raising Apple privacy concerns

OpenAI rolled out support on Thursday for controlling Apple’s iMessage service via ChatGPT, a move with the potential to raise privacy concerns for the iPhone maker. The new feature, available for ChatGPT on the Mac, allows the OpenAI system to take actions such as reading, writing and sending text messages. It also can search through messages and get summaries and other information about conversations from the Apple Messages app.

Apple has positioned itself as a staunch privacy advocate, and it’s protective about the contents of users’ messages. An OpenAI tool that could upload Apple customer data to that company’s network is likely to spark questions.