OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an artificial intelligence-powered browser built around its popular chatbot that aims to loosen Google Chrome’s grip on the market.
Shares of Alphabet, which owns the Chrome browser, were down 2.6 per cent in afternoon trading in the US.
The product is the latest entrant in a fast-crowding field of AI browsers that includes Perplexity’s Comet and Opera’s Neon as companies weave in tools that can summarise pages, fill out forms and draft code to attract users.
Atlas lets users open a ChatGPT sidebar in any window to summarise content, compare products or analyse data from any site.
In the agent mode in Atlas, ChatGPT interacts with sites for users, who can use it to do tasks from start to finish, like researching and shopping for a trip.
The browser is now available globally on Apple’s macOS.
It will soon be made available on Windows, iOS and Android.
Making itself a gateway to online searches could allow OpenAI, the world’s most valuable startup, to pull in more internet traffic and the revenue made from digital advertising.
OpenAI has said ChatGPT already has more than 800 million users but many of them get it for free.
The San Francisco-based company is losing more money than it makes and has been looking for ways to turn a profit.
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