Why OpenAI’s latest acquisition could mean ChatGPT taking over from Siri on your Mac (www.techradar.com)

OpenAI’s acquisition of the Sky app—demonstrated in a video though not yet publicly released—signals a push to embed ChatGPT directly into macOS-style workflows. Sky’s demo shows a conversational AI that performs context-aware file and system actions (controlling Finder, Spotlight-like searches, Mail/Calendar interactions, and automating signing or app creation) rather than just answering prompts. Nick Turley, head of ChatGPT, framed this as moving from a reactive chatbot to a productivity assistant that “helps you get things done,” and OpenAI’s recent Atlas browser underscores the company’s drive to make ChatGPT omnipresent on the desktop. For the AI/ML community this matters because it shifts focus from isolated models to tightly integrated, system-level agents that bridge natural language, context understanding, and OS APIs. Key technical implications include stronger context retention across apps, deeper file-system and UI automation, and the emergence of “intent-first” interfaces that dynamically construct workflows or lightweight apps. That raises integration and privacy questions—Apple’s policies and its own Apple Intelligence roadmap could limit third-party access, and seamless handoffs (Siri currently defers complex queries to ChatGPT clunkily) will require robust APIs and security models. If executed well, however, this approach could redefine desktop UX and accelerate research into safe, context-rich agent systems.