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OpenAI is sunsetting<\/a> Atlas, the AI-powered browser it launched in October<\/a> with ChatGPT at its core. But it\u2019s not giving up on the idea that AI should help people browse the web. Instead, it\u2019s taking some of the agentic browsing features it tested in Atlas and redistributing them across ChatGPT\u2019s desktop app and a Google Chrome extension.\u00a0<\/p>\n The move to shut down Atlas comes a few months after OpenAI\u2019s CEO of applications Fidji Simo told the team to cut back on \u201cside quests,\u201d<\/a> which led to the AI firm shutting down its AI video-generation tool Sora<\/a>.<\/p>\n For much of the past year, the AI industry had been engaged in a war to unseat Chrome<\/a> as the place where people spend most of their time online. Perplexity launched Comet, The Browser Company launched Dia, and Google and Microsoft have updated Chrome and Edge, respectively, with new AI-powered features.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a few months of experimenting, OpenAI appears to have concluded that the browser is a feature, not the destination. So it\u2019s folding Atlas\u2019 browser-like agent capabilities into the places people already work \u2014 and that includes Chrome.\u00a0<\/p>\n OpenAI is launching a ChatGPT extension on Chrome that gives it access to the context of the page you\u2019re viewing, lets users ask questions about web pages, summarize content, or start longer tasks all from the browser. It\u2019s a direct competitor to Google\u2019s Gemini Side Panel, which performs several of the same tasks.\u00a0<\/p>\n OpenAI is also boosting its ChatGPT desktop app by featuring a more robust browser that allows users to browse websites, log into accounts, download files, and interact with web pages without leaving ChatGPT. A separate cloud browser runs remotely on OpenAI\u2019s servers as a place where the app\u2019s agents can complete tasks on a user\u2019s behalf.\u00a0<\/p>\n Together, the updates turn ChatGPT into a continuous workspace that spans Chrome, the desktop app, and an AI agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n