SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas on Tuesday (Oct 21), an artificial intelligence-powered web browser designed around its popular chatbot, in a move that could loosen Google Chrome’s long-standing grip on the global browser market.
Shares of Alphabet, the parent company of Google and owner of Chrome, slipped 1.6 per cent in afternoon trading following the announcement.
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ChatGPT Atlas joins a growing field of AI-enhanced browsers that includes Perplexity’s Comet and Opera’s Neon, as companies race to embed tools that can summarise web pages, complete forms and write code.
The new browser allows users to open a ChatGPT sidebar in any window to summarise content, compare products or analyse data from websites. In its “agent mode”, ChatGPT can directly interact with pages, enabling users to complete multi-step tasks such as planning trips or shopping online.
Atlas is currently available globally on Apple’s macOS and will soon roll out to Windows, iOS and Android devices.
