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OpenAI has added plugins that let ChatGPT read and act on a user's iCloud Mail and iCloud Calendar, according to MacRumors, which reported the launch on October 27.

On the calendar side, ChatGPT can read, add and change events in the Calendar app on iPhone, as well as in third-party apps that sync through iCloud Calendar. For mail, it can search and read messages, manage messages and drafts, send email and look up iCloud contacts.

The access is limited to iCloud. MacRumors notes that ChatGPT sees only the iCloud Mail account, not other accounts that may be set up in the iOS Mail app, such as Gmail or Outlook.

A federal judge has granted most of Apple's request for early discovery in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, the AI hardware startup io Products and two former Apple employees, according to a report from 9to5Mac on the October 13 ruling.

Apple filed the suit around July 10, 2026. It names former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, along with OpenAI and io Products. Apple alleges that the two ex-employees improperly accessed or used confidential information about Apple's products and technologies to help OpenAI's consumer hardware effort, and that information was also obtained from Apple employees during recruiting interviews.