If your Mac is saying the ChatGPT app is malware, here's how to fix it

There have been some incidents involving a Mac telling a user that the ChatGPT app is malware and moving it to the trash. Overall, ChatGPT isn't malware, and there's a very easy fix. It's too late to just update ChatGPT, you now have to re-download it from the developer This is not Apple making a judgement on the value of the ChatGPT app on the Mac, it's macOS doing its job. Since 2022 , macOS has included Xprotect, a feature you never usually need to know about, but which safeguards the Mac against malware. In this case, as reported by users worldwide on social media , Xprotect had concluded that the ChatGPT app contained malware. Therefore the whole app is suspect, therefore macOS moves it to the Trash and won't launch it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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