ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in
In Brief Posted: 3:09 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 Image Credits:Gabby Jones/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas Ropek ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has…
In Brief Posted: 3:09 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 Image Credits:Gabby Jones/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas Ropek ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has just launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, allowing interested users to connect their Messages inbox with the chatbot. The benefits of doing this, OpenAI argues, are numerous. Users can use the plug-in to sort, analyze, or edit their messages directly from ChatGPT. The plug-in also works with Codex and ChatGPT Work, so users can use it professionally, not just personally. A brief commercial advertising the new plug-in shows a user asking the chatbot to suggest follow-up messages to their contacts based on the messages received the previous day. You can also ask ChatGPT to delete messages for you, draft and send messages on your behalf, or search for information buried deep in your message history. As with most things related to AI, this new feature raises some privacy questions. OpenAI told Bloomberg that the plug-in runs locally on a user’s machine and that it “doesn’t create an index of all someone’s messages.” Still, the specifics of what that means aren’t immediately clear. TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI for more information. When it comes to message sending, OpenAI encourages users to keep an eye on what ChatGPT is doing and discourages turning on persistent approval, warning that doing so “removes your final chance to review a message before ChatGPT sends it as you,” the company writes. Topics AI, Apple, ChatGPT, In Brief, OpenAI October 13 – 15 San Francisco In less than 48 hours, your chance to save up to $300 on your tickets will end! REGISTER NOW Newsletters See More Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related AI OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates Julie Bort 6 hours ago AI A third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds Sarah Perez 12 hours ago AI OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections Lucas Ropek 1 day ago Latest in AI AI AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom Marina Temkin 5 hours ago AI OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates Julie Bort 6 hours ago In Brief ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in Lucas Ropek 7 hours agoSource: TechCrunch — Published — Category: Business