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5 min readWhen OpenAI gave ChatGPT access to Apple’s iMessage, the immediate reaction was a mix of excitement and alarm. The plugin—now also available for ChatGPT Work and Codex—can draft, send, and search through a user’s entire message history, provided they grant permission. The host sees a clear commercial angle: sales teams already use tools like SendBlue to make cold texts appear as blue iMessage bubbles, which boosts recipient trust. With ChatGPT handling iMessage, that kind of outreach could be fully automated. But the privacy concerns are real. OpenAI warned against enabling persistent approval for this plugin, because it removes the final human review before messages go out. The company told Bloomberg the plugin runs locally on the device and does not create a server-side index of messages. Still, the host notes that if Apple’s own Siri and Apple Intelligence had worked properly, none of this would be necessary.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **ChatGPT Gets iMessage Access** - OpenAI launches a plugin allowing ChatGPT to read, draft, and send iMessages, raising both security concerns and new use cases.
- 2 (05:29) **Privacy Backlash: Detector Apps for Meta Smart Glasses** - Apps that scan Bluetooth for nearby Meta Ray-Bans and other smart glasses are surging in popularity amid privacy concerns.
- 3 (07:31) **1,100 AI Employees Ask US Government to Slow Automated AI Research** - Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta sign a statement urging coordinated governance to prevent AI from accelerating beyond human control.
- 4 (10:17) **Micro1 Hits $500M Run Rate** - The four-year-old data labeling company grew 5x in eight months, now trailing behind Market ($2B) and Handshake ($1B) in the booming AI training data market.
- 5 (12:23) **Every Builds AI Clone of Its Editor-in-Chief** - The publication trained an internal copy-editing agent on 30,000 historical edits by editor Kate Lee, allowing it to double its team and automate its entire copy desk.
- 6 Standout Quotes
- 7 (12:49) "We have an editor in Chief, Kate Lee, who's fantastic, who I've been trying to automate out of a job for years in an extremely benevolent way." — Dan Shipper, CEO of Every
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss ChatGPT's new capability to access Apple’s iMessage, exploring its potential uses and the privacy concerns that arise. We also cover the rise of AI-related communities and companies, including the growth of Micro One and innovative developments like Every's AI clone of their editor-in-chief.
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00:00 ChatGPT and iMessage
02:01 Privacy Concerns
05:00 Detection Apps and Meta Glasses
07:59 AI Research Accelerating Concerns
09:59 Micro One's Growth
12:59 Every's AI Clone Innovation
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