ChatGPT Atlas is available now on macOS for Free, Plus, Pro, and Go users. Business users get beta access. Enterprise and Edu users can use it if their plan administrator enables it. Windows, iOS, and Android versions come soon.
Why This Actually Changes Things?
Most browsers make you jump between tabs and tools. ChatGPT Atlas puts the AI right where you work.
ChatGPT can see what’s on your screen and help without copying, pasting, or switching pages. Your ChatGPT memory works here too.
Yogya Kalra, a college student who tested ChatGPT Atlas early, appreciated and explained that she used to switch between slides and ChatGPT, taking screenshots just to ask a question. Now ChatGPT can easily understand and has helped her improve knowledge checks.
It Remembers So You Don’t Have To
ChatGPT can remember things from websites you visit and bring information back when you need it.
If you ask it to find all the jobs that you looked at last week and create a summary of industry trends, ChatGPT will pull the information from what you browsed.
Browser memories are optional. View or delete them anytime in settings. Deleting browsing history deletes browser memories too.
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Your new tab page serves as the launchpad. Enter a question or a website address to get quicker, more accurate results. Explore tabs to find search links, images, videos, and the latest news.
ChatGPT remembers what you explored and suggests what to do next.
You’re Still in Complete Control
You control what ChatGPT can see and remember when you use ChatGPT browse features.
Delete specific pages, delete everything, or open incognito mode. In incognito, chats, browsing, and account activity aren’t saved.
Turn on browser memories, and ChatGPT remembers key details from websites to give better answers and smarter suggestions.
Browser memories stay private to your ChatGPT account. View them in settings. Delete what you don’t need. Clear browsing history to erase them all.
Choose which websites ChatGPT can see using the address bar toggle. When off, ChatGPT can’t see page content.
OpenAI doesn’t use what you browse to train models by default. To opt in, enable “include web browsing” in data controls settings. Websites blocking GPTBot won’t be used for training.
If you enabled training for chats in your ChatGPT account, training also applies to chats in ChatGPT Atlas. This covers website content you provide through the Ask ChatGPT sidebar as well as information stored in browser memories.
Parental controls work in ChatGPT Atlas. Settings from ChatGPT carry over to Atlas. New parental controls in Atlas let parents turn off browser memories and agent mode.
It Can Actually Do Tasks For You
In ChatGPT Atlas, ask ChatGPT to take action and do things in your browser.
OpenAI released ChatGPT agent earlier this year. Now it works faster in Atlas.
Planning a dinner party? Give ChatGPT a recipe and ask it to find a grocery store, add ingredients to a cart, and order them. At work, ask it to open team documents, do competitive research, and compile insights.
Agent mode in Atlas is in preview for Plus, Pro, and Business users. It’s new and may make mistakes on complex tasks. OpenAI is improving reliability, speed, and success rates.
The Safety Guardrails
OpenAI built safety protections for agent capabilities in ChatGPT Atlas:
- Unable to execute code, download files, or add extensions
- Can’t access other apps or files on your computer
- Pauses for confirmation on sensitive sites like banks
- Use agent in logged-out mode for extra data protection
ChatGPT’s agent capabilities have risks. It can make mistakes. Agents can be tricked by hidden malicious instructions in webpages or emails, making ChatGPT agent do unintended things. This could steal data from logged-in sites or take unwanted actions.
OpenAI detailed this in the ChatGPT agent system card. They ran thousands of hours of testing and built protections that adapt to new attacks. But safeguards won’t stop every attack as AI agents grow popular.
Consider what information you share with the agent. Use ChatGPT agent in logged-out mode in Atlas and monitor activities. OpenAI will continually fix vulnerabilities.
What’s Available Right Now
- For everyone: ChatGPT browse features, browser memories (optional), personalized suggestions, privacy controls, incognito mode.
- For Plus, Pro, and Business users: Agent mode in preview for research, analysis, task automation, and event planning.
- Coming later: Multiple profile support, better developer tools, ways for Apps SDK developers to increase app discoverability in Atlas.
Website owners can add ARIA tags to improve ChatGPT agent performance on their sites.
Where This Is All Heading
This moves toward a future where AI systems handle most web use. Delegate routine work and focus on what matters.
ChatGPT Atlas is not just a browser with AI built in. It’s built with ChatGPT at its core, changing how browsers understand your needs.
Browser memories eliminate repetition. Agent mode handles multi-step tasks. The new tab page combines search and chat.
OpenAI will add features often. Check their release notes for updates.
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