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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser plans continue
OpenAI is ending Atlas, its AI-powered browser launched in October, after less than a year. The company is not backing away from browser-based AI, though: it is moving agentic browsing features into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension, positioning them where users already work.
OpenAI is ending Atlas, its AI browser introduced in October. After a few months of testing, the company seems to have decided that the browser is a feature rather than the main destination.
Instead of keeping a separate browser, OpenAI is moving Atlas’s agent-like browsing features into products people already use. A new Google Chrome extension will let users summarize web pages, ask questions about the page they are viewing, and start longer tasks, making it a direct competitor to Google’s Gemini Side Panel.
OpenAI is also upgrading the ChatGPT desktop app with a more capable browser. Users will be able to browse sites, log into accounts, download files, and interact with web pages without leaving ChatGPT. A separate cloud browser runs remotely on OpenAI’s servers so agents can complete tasks for users.
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