OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser, touted as a revolutionary AI-powered navigation tool, has been revealed to be built on Google’s Chromium, the same open-source technology underpinning Chrome and other browsers. Despite claims of challenging Chrome’s dominance, Atlas integrates AI features like ChatGPT sidebars and “browser memories” onto a familiar foundation. This move places Atlas alongside other AI-enhanced browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, all leveraging Google’s existing browser architecture rather than introducing entirely new technology.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas; calls it “browser with ChatGPT at core”; but what it didn’t tell
