Can ChatGPT Atlas outpace Chrome and become the default browser? Salam
Assalamu alaikum - OpenAI has unveiled a web browser powered by its ChatGPT platform, pushing generative AI further into everyday use. They call it Atlas and say it’s “where all of your work, tools and context come together.” OpenAI describes it as a browser built with ChatGPT that moves us closer to a super-assistant that understands your world and helps you reach your goals.
OpenAI hopes Atlas will level up web browsing by adding AI features that typical browsers don’t have. Searches or typing a URL are supposed to return faster, more useful results in one place. Atlas’s cursor also offers helpful suggestions and in-line editing.
The main idea is having ChatGPT available at any time: clicking “Ask ChatGPT” opens a sidebar that can summarise, explain, or handle tasks on the page. Atlas also includes an agent mode - similar to a tool OpenAI introduced earlier - that can support bigger tasks, like helping organise a community event or handling shopping lists.
Atlas can remember past activity and suggest next steps, personalising the experience and even digging up earlier searches. OpenAI also says the browser is designed with security in mind.
Atlas launched globally but is currently available only for Apple Macs. That fits with the recent partnership between Apple and OpenAI. However, only Macs with Apple’s M-series chips running macOS Monterey or later are supported (models from recent years like select MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, iMacs, Mac minis, Mac Studio and Mac Pro are on the list).
OpenAI plans to bring Atlas to iPhones, Windows PCs and Android devices “soon,” though there’s no update yet for iPads. Atlas is free for ChatGPT users across free, Plus, Pro and Go tiers, and it’s in beta for business, and available to enterprise and education accounts if enabled by administrators.
OpenAI aims to reshape computing with AI, but it faces a big challenge in the browser market. Google Chrome still dominates with roughly 72% market share, well ahead of Safari. Other browsers are adding AI features too - Chrome has an AI overview, Microsoft Edge offers Copilot, and Safari has Apple Intelligence - so it’ll be interesting to see how everyone responds.
What do you think? Will Atlas win everyday users, or will existing browsers hold their ground?
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