Earlier today, OpenAI announced GPT-5, its latest model to power ChatGPT. The new frontier model is a significant leap forward in a lot of areas. But when will ChatGPT integration within Apple Intelligence adopt it? That’s actually happening rather soon…
Using ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence is optional. If you allow Apple Intelligence to work with ChatGPT, it offers three things. These include:
- Use Siri to access ChatGPT: Siri can tap into ChatGPT to provide answers when that might be helpful for certain requests including questions about photos and documents.
- Use ChatGPT with Writing Tools: ChatGPT can compose text or images from just a description.
- Use ChatGPT with visual intelligence: Use visual intelligence with Camera Control to quickly learn more about the places and objects around you.
In iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and later visionOS 2, ChatGPT integration within Apple Intelligence is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.
Following today’s reveal of OpenAI’s latest model, Apple tells me that ChatGPT integration within Apple Intelligence will use GPT-5 with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26.
Those software updates are expected to arrive next month, meaning ChatGPT integration within Apple Intelligence will benefit from the new model soon.
As a reminder, Apple includes privacy protections for users accessing ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence. These include obscuring IP addresses and ensuring that OpenAI doesn’t store requests. If you decide to connect your OpenAI account with Apple Intelligence, then OpenAI’s data-use policy applies.
In iOS 26, Apple Intelligence is gaining new capabilities across the iPhone and beyond. That includes Live Translation, which can interpret conversations in FaceTime, Phone, and Messages in real time, and upgrades to Visual Intelligence, a systemwide tool for searching and interacting with content directly on the screen.
Apple is also opening up its on-device foundation model to developers, paving the way for smarter, more capable apps built on the same technology that powers Apple Intelligence.
In addition to GPT-5, OpenAI announced two open weight large language models, including one that runs on Apple silicon Macs, and changes to encourage healthier ChatGPT usage.
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