If you love being able to use ChatGPT for coding, you’re going to like this. The ChatGPT app is now able to integrate with coding apps such as Xcode, VS Code, TextEdit, and Terminal, making life that much simpler on the developer end.
When ChatGPT is given permission to interact with an app like Xcode through a new Work with Apps feature, a selection of code can be sent directly to ChatGPT alongside a prompt.
TechCrunch, which was offered a demo of the feature, offered the following description:
“In a demo with TechCrunch, an OpenAI employee opened the ChatGPT app and an Xcode environment containing a simple project modeling the solar system – although it was missing the Earth. The employee selected an Xcode tab within ChatGPT, which tells the AI chatbot to look at the app, and prompted the chatbot to ‘add the missing planets.’ The chatbot was able to complete the task, writing a line of code to represent the Earth that matched the rest of the project’s format.”
As of October, GitHub incorporated Copilot integration to Xcode, Copilot providing assistance within the Xcode app. While ChatGPT’s integration is not that deep, and it is not able to write code in Xcode, ChatGPT can instead use the macOS Accessibility API for screen readers that allows apps to read text, which also means that it cannot interpret images or videos.
The new ChatGPT for Mac feature is available for ChatGPT Plus and ChatGPT Teams users starting today, with Enterprise and Edu support coming in the near future. OpenAI has also stated that it plans to bring this integration to other apps.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and TechCrunch