OpenAI is powered by ChatGPT Atlas, a proprietary web browser. Instead of investing in an AI browser with a smaller user base, the company is improving agent web usage features within its new ChatGPT desktop app.
ChatGPT Atlas may not get a lot of attention, but its AI browser can help you automate tasks like research and tidying up your browser. The options available on Mac are:
AI browser for Mac
Before ChatGPT Atlas was deprecated, OpenAI released the ChatGPT Chrome extension. This brings ChatGPT’s many integrations to the most popular web browsers.
Of course, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Chrome extension works with all Chromium-based browsers that support Chrome extensions. Google can also build Gemini into Chrome, so users have a choice.
Perplexity, on the other hand, regularly updates its Comet browser, which works with various AI systems. Comet started on the Mac, but Perplexity has been bringing the same functionality to Comet for iPhone and iPad over the past few months.
Another option is Dia from The Browser Company, the successor to Arc. Opera Neon is billed as an experimental AI browser (monthly subscription).
Recently, Aside for macOS has emerged as a newcomer in the AI browser space for Mac. For ChatGPT Atlas users looking for a lightweight alternative to Chrome or Comet, Outside looks like a great option to test.
Another option? To use Safari and complete AI-powered tasks on the web, you can simply rely on the ChatGPT Codex or similar system. This is my current strategy even before the end date for ChatGPT Atlas was determined.
Still, I think it’s a good idea to have an AI-focused browser in your toolkit, at least to test and see what’s possible with current state-of-the-art technology.
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