ChatGPT Apple Messages plug-in sends and deletes texts
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- OpenAI launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT that connects users' Messages inboxes to the chatbot, enabling sorting, analyzing, editing, searching, drafting, and deleting messages
- The plug-in also works with Codex and ChatGPT Work, extending its use beyond personal messaging into professional workflows
- OpenAI told Bloomberg the plug-in runs locally on the user's machine and "doesn't create an index of all someone's messages," though TechCrunch has asked the company to clarify exactly what that means
- The company explicitly warns users against enabling persistent approval, noting it "removes your final chance to review a message before ChatGPT sends it as you"
- A promotional commercial for the plug-in shows a user asking ChatGPT to suggest follow-up messages to contacts based on conversations from the previous day
Why it matters: The plug-in gives ChatGPT read/write access to users' most personal communication stream, and OpenAI's own warning against persistent approval signals even the company sees real risk in letting an AI dispatch messages without human review. The "runs locally" reassurance is doing heavy lifting — without it, handing your Messages inbox to a chatbot would be a much harder sell.
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