ChatGPT for macOS Now Directly Edits Code
2025-03-06
OpenAI announced that its ChatGPT macOS app now features direct code editing capabilities, supporting developer tools like Xcode, VS Code, and JetBrains. The feature is available to paying users now, with a rollout to free users planned for next week. This builds on the "work with apps" functionality launched in November 2024, minimizing the need for copy-pasting code. This puts ChatGPT in more direct competition with AI coding tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot, and OpenAI reportedly plans a dedicated software engineering product. While AI coding tools are gaining popularity, concerns remain about security, copyright, and reliability risks, including increased debugging time for AI-generated code.