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ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in

OpenAI's new Apple Messages plug-in runs locally on-device to grant ChatGPT direct read, search, write, and delete capabilities over a user's native iMessage and SMS databases, according to TechCrunch. The plug-in validates a high-trust, local-execution architecture for accessing sensitive OS-level communication data without cloud-based message indexing, but shifts reliability burdens to client-side orchestration requiring strict human-in-the-loop constraints to prevent accidental bulk deletions or unapproved outgoing texts.

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ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in
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ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in

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OpenAI's new Apple Messages plug-in runs locally on-device to grant ChatGPT direct read, search, write, and delete capabilities over a user's native iMessage and SMS databases. For engineers shipping LLM agents, this validates a high-trust, local-execution architecture for accessing highly sensitive OS-level communication data without the privacy and compliance overhead of cloud-based message indexing. However, it shifts the reliability burden entirely to your client-side orchestration, requiring strict human-in-the-loop constraints to prevent catastrophic automated actions like accidental bulk deletions or unapproved outgoing texts.

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