Apple Users Beware: ChatGPT’s Newest Mac Feature Could Pose a Major Privacy Risk

OpenAI’s new iMessage integration is a massive time-saver for personal use, but granting the AI access to your contacts and data could be a nightmare for company security.

BY KIT EATON @KITEATON

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OpenAI keeps building on the capabilities of ChatGPT with the goal of making it a kind of “everything” app, and while some tweaks bring fascinating new tools to users, others bring novel security and privacy concerns. One new ChatGPT innovation falls in the latter category, since it may trigger business owners’ worries about data leaking out: ChatGPT can now control Apple’s Messages texting system on Macs. 

OpenAI announced the feature in an X post that suggests that “Everyday conversations just........

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