On Thursday, OpenAI introduced a new feature for the Mac version of ChatGPT, allowing users to control Apple's iMessage through it. This enables operations such as reading, composing, and sending text messages, as well as searching message content and obtaining chat summaries. Given Apple's emphasis on user message privacy protection and its recent strained relationship with OpenAI, this feature may raise privacy concerns. OpenAI responded by stating that the feature requires explicit user consent and operates locally on the Mac, without creating an index for all messages. Users need to complete multiple authorizations in both ChatGPT and Mac system settings before they can use it.