Compared toMicrosoft，Apple development AI The speed can be said to be much slower. Recently I’ve seen Microsoft continuously strengthening Copilot, and they’ve even been developing ways to let Copilot The ability to autonomously control a computer is, for Mac For users, they will surely think that the Mac version of AI will have to wait for this feature, and who knows when that will be. The good news is, they don’t have to wait for Apple anymore.ChatGPT It might not take long to achieve.
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OpenAI acquires new company, hinting at upcoming ChatGPT capability to autonomously control Mac
Earlier, OpenAI published a significant press release on its official website announcing the acquisition of a Mac automation and workflow efficiency company: Software Applications Incorporated, the developer behind Sky, a natural language interface application for Mac.
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Many people may not know what Sky is. Sky is an AI assistant developed specifically for macOS, and it can do the following:
- Understand the screen contentIt can recognize the window or app you currently have open to understand what you want to do. For example, if you see an article in your browser, you can use natural language to ask Sky to summarize it and send a message to someone else.
- Cross-application operationsIn addition to understanding content, Sky can also perform other cross-app actions, such as first getting a link and summary in the browser, then opening a messaging app and sending it to a specified recipient, or adding an event to the calendar.
- Supports Customization / Advanced ToolsAdvanced users can also create their own tools—using AppleScript, shell scripts, macOS Shortcuts, and so on—and integrate these custom tools into Sky, allowing them to be invoked with natural language in the future.
- Integrating multiple large language models：Sky supports multiple large language models, such as GPT-4.1 or Claude, to handle language understanding and action commands.
- Floating interface: Sky’s UI floats above the apps you’re using, so you can activate it anytime.
Simply put, Sky is not just an AI chat tool; it integrates with the system to autonomously complete user-specified tasks.
OpenAI wrote in the article:
我們正在打造一個未來：ChatGPT 不僅是對你的指令做出回應，而是能主動幫你完成工作。Sky 對 Mac 系統的深度整合，加速了我們的願景——讓 AI 直接融入人們每天使用的工具中。
What’s even more noteworthy is that the Sky team is exactly the same team that originally built Workflow, an app that was acquired by Apple in 2017 and later renamed “Shortcuts.”
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Notably, Sky has not yet been officially launched, so it remains unclear what tasks and operations it can actually perform. However, with the OpenAI acquisition, this development process is expected to accelerate significantly, especially since ChatGPT Agent can already autonomously control a browser and complete tasks.
With this news, Mac users no longer have to envy Windows, and they might even get a chance to beat Microsoft to the punch.
Source: KOCPC Chinese