"Ryan O'Rouke, OpenAI's lead designer for the browser, demonstrated the Ask ChatGPT feature during the livestream announcement of Atlas. He asked it to summarize GitHub code appearing on the web page in his browser. He called it "a major unlock," since ChatGPT can now see what's happening on the page. "It's basically you inviting ChatGPT into your corner of the internet," O'Rouke said."
"Because of this, Atlas looks a lot like Chrome. (As I swiped between the two browsers on my laptop during testing, I forgot which was which a couple of times.) The nascent browser's best days are still ahead of it, with a roadmap of upcoming features such as tab groups and an ad-blocker that could build it up to be a more fully realized competitor to Chrome."
Atlas centers AI responses above traditional web links, turning address-bar queries into ChatGPT prompts and prioritizing ChatGPT interactions. The Ask ChatGPT sidebar can see and analyze page content to provide contextual summaries and explanations. An agent mode can navigate sites, add items to carts, and perform transactional tasks; agent mode requires ChatGPT Plus or Pro while Ask ChatGPT is free in Atlas. A demonstration showed Ask ChatGPT summarizing GitHub code on a page, illustrating page-aware capabilities. The browser is built on Chromium and visually resembles Chrome. A roadmap lists tab groups and an ad-blocker to expand functionality.
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