Overview
- ChatGPT Atlas is available globally on macOS today, with Windows, iOS and Android versions promised soon.
- Agent Mode, which lets ChatGPT perform multi-step tasks like booking, shopping and form-filling on web pages, is in preview and limited to Plus and Pro subscribers.
- OpenAI says the agent operates only within browser tabs, cannot access local files or execute code, and allows users to approve or monitor its actions.
- The browsing experience centers on a persistent ChatGPT companion with a sidebar, default split-screen page-and-chat view, webpage summarization and inline edits via “Cursor Chat.”
- Built on Chromium with support for Chrome extensions, Atlas arrives as analysts gauge competitive and monetization impacts, while OpenAI touts opt-out-by-default training settings and early reports flag privacy-setting inconsistencies.