OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media members as he arrives at the lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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OpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser powered by artificial intelligence.
The company says Atlas looks and feels similar to existing browsers, but is built around OpenAI’s generative chatbot ChatGPT. This means users can access ChatGPT to create summaries, ask questions, and complete tasks while navigating any page on the web.
“We see AI as a once-in-a-decade opportunity to reimagine what a browser is,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a livestream Tuesday.
The launch of Atlas puts OpenAI in direct competition with rivals such as: google Perplexity AI is competing to attract users and gain market share with its browser products.
Perplexity made its Comet browser available for free earlier this month, and Google embedded its Gemini model within its Chrome browser in September.
Shares of Google’s parent company Alphabet closed down 2% following OpenAI’s announcement.
Atlas users will see an “Ask ChatGPT” button in the top right corner of every web page, which opens the chatbot in a companion sidebar.
ChatGPT uses Atlas to track users across the web, so there’s no need to copy and paste between tabs, Adam Fry, Atlas product lead at OpenAI, said during the livestream.
The browser also has memory, so it will understand users and become more personalized over time, he said. For example, if a user forgets where they saw information, they can use the home page to enter a prompt such as “Search your web history for documentation about Atlas core design.”
Atlas also has an agent mode. This means ChatGPT can perform actions on your behalf and complete tasks such as booking, flights, shopping, and editing documents.
“It contains all your stuff, it ticks for you, and you can see it,” Altman said. “You don’t have to, but the fact is, the Internet is being used for you.”
ChatGPT Atlas is available to macOS users worldwide, but agent mode is only available to Plus and Pro users. OpenAI said experiences for Windows, iOS, and Android are coming soon.
“There’s still a lot to add. This project is still in its early stages,” Altman said.
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