OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, its own web browser with deep AI integration on macOS
OpenAI has finally pulled the trigger and officially launched its own AI-driven full browser, ChatGPT Atlas, aiming to compete with the dominance of traditional browsers like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge by embedding ChatGPT’s conversational intelligence and AI agents throughout the browsing experience. Atlas is available now as a free download for macOS users worldwide, with versions for Windows, iOS, and Android coming soon. While all users can access core features, the advanced Agent Mode is currently limited to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers.
Atlas retains the familiar layout of traditional browsers, including tabs, bookmarks, incognito mode, and other expected features, but its main appeal lies in its deep integration with ChatGPT, allowing users to summarize pages, refine text, chat with search results, and interact with websites directly through a sidebar or split-screen view that keeps a ChatGPT companion always visible. A new “cursor chat” tool also provides inline writing assistance in any text field, while Memory support enables the browser to recall relevant details between sessions, which users can manage or disable through settings.
Plus and Pro users can also interact with the built-in ChatGPT Agent to perform small automated browser-based tasks in Agent Mode, such as making bookings or editing documents. The company states that this mode runs in a secure, limited environment, meaning it cannot run code, download files, install extensions, or access local files or saved passwords, with websites visited in Agent Mode excluded from the browsing history.
With the launch of Atlas, OpenAI looks to challenge not only Google’s dominance but also the growing wave of AI-driven browsers like Perplexity Comet, The Browser Company’s Dia or Opera Neon, inviting users to give it a try with a temporary seven-day ChatGPT rate limit boost for those who set it as their default browser on macOS.
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External links
- Introducing ChatGPT AtlasOpenAI Newsroom • Official source
- OpenAI launches web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, in challenge to GoogleCBS News
- ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI launches web browser centered around its chatbotthe Guardian
- OpenAI Unveils Web Browser Built for Artificial IntelligenceThe New York Times
- OpenAI launches an AI-powered browser: ChatGPT AtlasTechCrunch
- OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is hereThe Verge
- OpenAI looks for its “Google Chrome” moment with new Atlas web browserArs Technica
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It's a logic step that OpenAi comes with their own browser as Microsoft uses Copilot in Edge, Google uses Gemini in Chrome, what welse would you except. Its a market and there is a race you need to win to stay on top - or at least - don't sink. For the users this is just anoter data-absorbing "learning model" where we will never clearly see what is stored on servers for "training purposes" and how and what happens once a hacker found out to use training models to unlock the training data they're based on - probably using another AI, smart enough to make this happen. Look for a Non AI-OS with non AI-Software and a non AI-Browser. then, if you really need AI, make some virtual boxes with no acces outside their box and use them in a way that they dont access your data - you don't want that to happen. Really not.
Does anyone actually use AI browsers? I'm curious, what is the benefit?
I'm going to assume that they're trying to mirror Google's use-case with google chrome. It's just a different entity to sell your browsing data to.
First of cause is to collect data. Second, in reality, common AI is just a set of really advanced algorithms that are trained to anticipate user's behavior. So it will follow your browsing pattern and will then try to suggest actions based on your patterns, preload certain pages, open certain apps and so on. It can also do some detailed research jobs in separate tab if requested and alert you when job is finished. It can also do some actions on data from multiple opened tabs: decrease copy and paste actions. While it brings something new to the table, it would be extremely cautious in using those browsers. Definitely no privacy whatsoever. Second, AIs make tons of mistakes and by trying to speed run through tasks and not double-checking results, you can get a lot of stuff very wrong. Maybe if technology matures, you could use it for certain thing, but not now.
Oh yes, another browser to replace Chrome! Even if none of Yahoo, Microsoft, Samsung, Huawei, Facebook nor the dozen AI startups has ever succeed getting more than 15% of the market, combined. So let's forget the hundreds billions dollars compute centers yet to build, OpenAI and it's +$1B annual marketing budget is betting on a browser. This very kind of product that only Atlassian has buy so far, and has regretted few days after. Really Sam, you're a genius, even since you've admitted you don't believe that AGI could exist no more.
AI browsers are new NFTs. Every Ai company will have one and nobody will care.