The update in question and the use of BattlEye specifically was first noticed in the background changes catalogued from Steam before Rockstar Games put out its patch notes on the GTA Online support site. BattlEye is a kernel-level anti-cheat software used to prevent bad actors from cheating in-game and is used in games like XDefiant, Skull and Bones, Lords of the Fallen, and more. "Kernal level" has been a bit of a buzzword and a point of concern ever since Riot Games implemented Vanguard anti-cheat in Valorant and then in League of Legends seeing how it was a new anti-cheat service that operated at the kernal level, but it's worth pointing out that BattlEye and most worthwhile anti-cheats like Easy Anti-Cheat have been doing that for a long time now anyway.
That said, the patch notes for the latest GTA Online update were pretty brief since they essentially only deal with BattlEye being added. Whether you're playing GTA Online through the Rockstar Games Launcher or through something else like Steam, if you ever want to turn off BattlEye when you're just playing story mode, options have been added to do so which serves as an olive branch for those who protest systems like that being in place within single-player experiences.
General
Integrated BattlEye Anti-Cheat for GTA Online
An option has been added to the Rockstar Games Launcher to disable BattlEye Anti-Cheat for Story Mode play
The launch argument -nobattleye has been added to disable BattlEye Anti-Cheat when needed on third-party launchers and Story Mode play
Fixes
Fixed an issue that resulted in crashes while playing GTA Online
Fixed an issue that resulted in players being unable to accept invites or join other players
While it's definitely a better late than never scenario for GTA Online to finally get anti-cheat protection through BattlEye, the implementation of the anti-cheat should help keep players safer while Rockstar works on GTA 6. We still don't know when the game will release with only rumors and guesses pointing towards release windows. There are some concerned about the game getting delayed, however, which would mean that Grand Theft Auto fans might be playing the GTA 5 version of GTA Online for quite awhile longer.
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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/gta-5-online-patch-notes-battleye-anti-cheat-update/
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