OpenAI's new ChatGPT Atlas browser brings ambitious AI-powered browsing and task automation—but in its current state, it's better as a curious sidekick than your everyday web companion.

OpenAI's new browser is a surface for the company to distribute ChatGPT and develop new AI features rather than improving core web experience.

Microsoft has responded to the ChatGPT-powered Atlas browser by offering more features in its Copilot Mode for Edge.

OpenAI today said that it has acquired Software Applications Incorporated and its AI app, Sky. Software Applications Incorporated and Sky

Has OpenAI shown us the future of Safari? In one way it has, because its new Atlas browser shows these generative AI (genAI)-based apps are no longer just windows to the web — they’re becoming intelligent copilots for our digital lives.

Experts caution that AI-powered browsers like ChatGPT Atlas could open the door to new kinds of attacks—from prompt injections to data leaks—as artificial intelligence becomes more deeply woven into the web.

Yesterday, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Atlas browser—a supposedly reimagined web browser that actually looks a lot more like a forked version of Chromium with a chatbot bolted on—in an effort to redefine the way that people navigate the internet.