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OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser with ChatGPT built directly into the browsing experience.
The product moved AI assistance from a separate chat window into the browser, where users search, read, shop, work and manage tasks.
That makes Atlas part of a broader contest over who controls the interface to the web: browsers, search engines, assistants or agent platforms.
Why It Matters
AI browsers could change web traffic, user data flows and the economics of search and commerce.
What to Watch
Watch privacy controls, agent-mode safety, publisher traffic effects and whether Windows and mobile rollout changes adoption.
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