Overview
- Atlas embeds ChatGPT in a sidebar that scans the page in view to deliver contextual help without copying between tabs.
- Paying users can enable an AI agent that takes control of navigation and the cursor to book travel, complete forms, or edit documents.
- The rollout starts today on macOS for Free, Plus, Pro, and Go users, with Windows and mobile versions planned next.
- An OpenAI teaser video hours before the announcement briefly knocked Alphabet shares down nearly 5% before the stock rebounded.
- The launch intensifies competition with Google, Microsoft Edge with Copilot, and Perplexity’s Comet, and follows a court decision that let Alphabet keep Chrome as OpenAI cites 800 million weekly ChatGPT users.