OpenAI jumped into the browser wars today with ChatGPT Atlas, which puts AI at the center of your web surfing. š¦¾
Atlas, which is free to download (but only on macOS to start), is built on Googleās Chromium engine. It promises to stand out from the competition by integrating OpenAIās chatbot into the browsing experience.
That means users will no longer need to copy and paste information from the web to the ChatGPT app. Instead, you can highlight text and click the āChatGPT nubā to improve pre-written text, or use the dedicated āAsk ChatGPTā button in the upper right-hand corner. This opens a sidebar allowing the chatbot to view the web page you're on to provide helpful answers, like summarizing a movie review (though you'll need to watch out for hallucinations).
Another notable change is that queries in the URL bar can default to ChatGPTās search engine. The browser also features ābrowser memoriesā (off by default) to remember key details from content you browse to improve chat resp...