Apple Messages Lets an AI Agent Slip Through a Side Door

Poke is the first third-party AI agent inside Apple Messages—but it arrived through Business chat, not a native Apple AI revamp.

Key takeaways

• Apple did not unveil a native AI overhaul of Messages; a third-party service got into the iPhone’s chat app through Messages for Business.
• That is the tension at the center of Poke’s approval. Poke, a third-party AI service, is now approved for use inside Apple’s Messages app on iPhone, bringing what ...
• > “Say hi to the new Poke! 🌴 Now officially approved by Apple to text on Apple Messages. As the first and only AI agent.”
• That claim came from Poke’s own announcement post, cited by 9to5Mac. The more cautious reading: **Apple has allowed one AI agent into one of its most sensitive consume...

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