OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered browser that integrates ChatGPT into every browsing session with features like browser memory and autonomous agent mode. The announcement sparked fierce debate: tech enthusiasts see it as the future of web browsing, while privacy advocates warn it’s a “brain-smoothing privacy nightmare.” Built on Chromium (ironically, Google’s own open-source engine), Atlas represents OpenAI’s ambitious play to become the front door to the internet—if users can get past concerns about handing over their entire browsing history to an AI.
