Operating email and events from ChatGPT
OpenAI on Oct. 27 (Oct. 28 Japan time) released plugins that let ChatGPT operate Apple's iCloud Mail and Calendar. ChatGPT's official account announced it on X.
For email, it can find, read and organize iCloud Mail, and draft and send messages. It can also look up iCloud contacts. For calendars, it can view, create and change events in the iPhone's Calendar and in other apps that sync with iCloud.
They are available on all plans through the web, desktop and iPhone apps.
Only Apple addresses supported
Only Apple addresses ending in "@icloud.com," "@me.com" or "@mac.com" are supported. Gmail and Outlook accounts added to the iPhone's Mail app are not visible to ChatGPT. Connecting requires creating an "app-specific password" for the Apple Account for each of Mail and Calendar.
"Dots," the always-on agent OpenAI released in September, can also use this iCloud connection. MacRumors noted that ChatGPT will gain a gateway to personal data similar to that of the AI in Siri, the iPhone's voice assistant.
