Meet ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI’s New AI Browser with Agent Mode

OpenAI has finally launched its own AI browser called ChatGPT Atlas. The new ChatGPT Atlas has ChatGPT built in, so the AI model can understand the page you're on, help right in context, and even take actions for you. If you've wondered what "agentic" AI looks like in everyday browsing, OpenAI's Atlas could be your answer to that question.

ChatGPT Atlas is designed to be a more intuitive and powerful tool for navigating the web. It integrates the capabilities of ChatGPT directly into the browsing experience, so you no longer need to constantly switch between tabs to ask questions or get information about the content you're viewing. This seamless integration allows for a more fluid and efficient workflow, whether you're a researcher, a student, or just a casual user.

What is special about ChatGPT Atlas:

Atlas rethinks the browser around three ideas:

1. ChatGPT sits beside the page and can "see" what you're looking at when you allow it.
2. The AI browser remembers the context you opt into, so suggestions get smarter over time.
3. An Agent Mode can open tabs and click through workflows to finish tasks while you watch.

You control visibility per-site, can browse in Incognito (which logs you out of ChatGPT in Atlas), and manage or delete "browser memories" at any time. By default, OpenAI says the content you browse is not used to train models unless you opt in.

Here are some of the key features of ChatGPT Atlas by OpenAI:

• Context-Aware Assistance: With the "Ask ChatGPT" sidebar, the browser can "see" the page you're on and answer your questions in context. This means you can ask for summaries of long articles, definitions of technical terms, or even translations of foreign languages without ever leaving the page.

• Proactive Suggestions: As you type in forms, emails, or documents on the web, ChatGPT can offer suggestions to help you write more effectively. This feature can help you draft emails, write code, or brainstorm ideas on the fly.

• Intelligent Tab Management: Tab management is one of the most difficult tasks. We've all been there: a dozen or more tabs open, with no easy way to manage them. Atlas solves this problem by letting you manage your tabs using natural language. You can ask it to open, close, reopen, bookmark, or revisit any of your tabs.

• Agent Mode: This is perhaps the most groundbreaking feature of Atlas. "Agent mode" allows the browser to take on multi-step tasks and complete them for you. ChatGPT Agent Mode is already one of the most powerful and capable features of ChatGPT, and now you can use it directly in your browser to research a topic, compile the key findings into a document, and then email it to a colleague.

Agent Mode, with guardrails

ChatGPT Agent Mode is, although a very capable and powerful AI feature. Agent Mode in Atlas will launch in preview as of now and is tuned for speed and reliability when it can use your browsing context. OpenAI lists explicit limits: the agent cannot run code in your browser, download files, install extensions, or access other apps, and it pauses on sensitive sites. You can also run the agent in logged-out mode to narrow its access.

OpenAI acknowledges risks like hidden instructions on webpages and says it's red-teamed the system extensively, publishing a system card and committing to ongoing patches.

Availability and getting started

Atlas is available worldwide today on macOS for Free, Plus, Pro, and Go users, and in beta for Business (with Enterprise and Edu availability if enabled by admins). Windows, iOS, and Android versions are "coming soon."

To get started with this new AI browser. First, install and run the setup to import bookmarks, saved passwords, and history from your current browser so you don't have to start from scratch. The Agent Mode is available only for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Business users.

In Conclusion:

The introduction of ChatGPT Atlas comes at a time of increasing competition in the AI space, especially within the AI browser. There are already offerings from Perplexity with Comet, Fellou, and more. However, OpenAI can take advantage of its massive user base to establish itself as the top AI browser.

ChatGPT Atlas isn't a browser with an AI chatbot stuck to it; it's a browser that treats the page, your task, and the model as one workspace. The AI browsers give users controls up front, and with cautious use of Agent Mode, you can make it work for you while you watch.