ChatGPT Mac App: AI Texts Friends, Analyzes Chats

ChatGPT can now send messages on your behalf. A new update to the Mac app allows the AI chatbot to prepare and send these messages. It can also read through your messages to analyze who you talk to and about what. This feature is available in the latest version of the ChatGPT Mac app. OpenAI promotes it as a way to make "everyday conversations" easier, including drafting and sending replies. They also highlight the ability to "get insights about who you talk to, and what you talk to people about." OpenAI states that this feature must be explicitly switched on, and ChatGPT will always ask for permission before sending a message, though this restriction can be turned off. This update could lead to conflict with Apple, which strongly advocates for user message privacy. Apple has emphasized that data used to understand or write messages would not leave the iPhone itself. This new tool changes how AI interacts with your personal communications.