I gave ChatGPT access to Apple Messages. A new plugin lets ChatGPT search Messages on a Mac and even send replies, but it was a related ChatGPT feature that gave me an unsettling surprise. One of the ways for ChatGPT to escape the chatbox is with plugins, and a just-released plugin that lets ChatGPT tap into Apple's Messages app is -- unsurprisingly -- getting a lot of attention. Available now in the ChatGPT plugins directory (it's in the Public section, or you can just search for it), the new tool lets the ChatGPT app for Mac search conversations in the Messages app, give you summaries of your current messages, and even draft replies and send them, either with or without your permission. For now, ChatGPT's Apple Messages plugin only works on the ChatGPT app for Mac (sorry, Windows users), and it runs directly your Mac.

On Tuesday, OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens, an age-gated version of its chatbot designed for young users. The company first announced it was working on a system to automatically identify teens and restrict their usage of ChatGPT last September, following the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who, as alleged in a lawsuit filed by his parents, took his own life after ChatGPT acted as an enabler. "There's no need for a teen to create a new account or change anything; if we predict you're under 18, or you've told us so, this becomes your default experience," Lauren Jonas, OpenAI's head of youth and families, told Engadget. Make no mistake, kids are already using ChatGPT at an incredible scale. At the start of last year, the Pew Research Center found about a quarter of US teens were using the chatbot for their schoolwork.

Claude's AI watermarks are coming, but AI detectors aren't going anywhere AI text watermarks and AI writing detectors may sound like the same thing, but they do very different jobs. Regular "Prompt Mode" readers already know that Claude AI watermarks are coming, and that they'll allow us to tell whether a given piece of text was either written or otherwise "processed" by Claude. But here's a question I've been getting a lot lately: With Claude watermarks on the way, do we still need AI writing detectors? Of course, if we asked that questions to GPTZero, Originality.ai, Copyleaks, Turnitin, or any of the popular AI detection services with paid tiers, they'd surely say "yes."

OpenAI has launched a plugin for the Apple Messages app, and as Bloomberg notes, it could raise privacy and security concerns. At the moment, it's only available to ChatGPT Work and Codex users on Mac, allowing them to search messages and even draft and send replies through the chatbot on their desktop. In the example OpenAI posted, the user asked ChatGPT to look for conversations they'd missed the day before in their Messages app. They then used the chatbot to write and send their reply. The feature is, at least, opt-in.

An OpenAI tool that could upload Apple customer data to that company's network is likely to spark questions on privacy. OpenAI rolled out support on Thursday for controlling Apple's iMessage service via ChatGPT, a move with the potential to raise privacy concerns for the iPhone maker. The new feature, available for ChatGPT on the Mac, allows the OpenAI system to take actions such as reading, writing and sending text messages. It also can search through messages and get summaries and other information about conversations from the Apple Messages app. Apple has positioned itself as a staunch privacy advocate, and it's protective about the contents of users' messages. An OpenAI tool that could upload Apple customer data to that company's network is likely to spark questions.

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I told ChatGPT to stop acting human. AI chatbots don't actually have human emotions or empathy, but they sometimes act like they do. Here's a prompt that keeps them honest. ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have a long history of trying to pass as human, often using "we" pronouns and talking about how they "feel." It's a habit designed to help boost engagement by making us feel like we're chatting with a friend, not a soulless prediction engine.

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