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ChatGPT Atlas Gains Tab Groups, Auto Google/AI Search Switching

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OpenAI is rolling out another noteworthy update to ChatGPT Atlas, its AI-powered browser for Mac.

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As per the release notes, the latest build introduces tab groups, allowing users to organize their browsing sessions more efficiently. The update also brings fixes for vertical tab "mini mode" and a simplified right-click context menu for tabs.

On the search front, Atlas now features an "Auto" mode that automatically switches between ChatGPT and Google depending on the query. The search results UI has also been refreshed with a new vertical layout that more prominently displays links in answers.

Elsewhere in this update, Safari users migrating to Atlas will now be prompted to install the iCloud passwords extension during onboarding. Other changes include a simplified address bar context menu, crash fixes, updated translations, and support for macOS keyboard text replacements on webpages.

Today's update follows the browser's first major update that came in November. That introduced vertical tabs, iCloud Passkey support, and Google as a default search engine option.

Atlas currently remains available only on macOS, but OpenAI has said Windows, iOS, and Android versions are coming.

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I guess it's about getting and dominating the access to the user base. Just the same as years ago when internet explorer, Firefox where fighting over who control access to the users. The AI's we have right now are quite similar in capabilities. that means if MS or Apple controls what software the userbase uses, then Apple or MS can switch from one AI to the next as they please and push prices down.
 
SilmarilFinder said:
Maybe I'm a bit too ignorant but I really, really don't see any point of these browsers. Really, can someone explain the benefits of this over Safari to ME not Sam?
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The point is integration with one’s use of ChatGPT. You can ask ChatGPT about stuff you were browsing last week, and it will already know the context and what you’re referring to. Similarly, when asking a question in the browser, ChatGPT can contextualize it to the contents of previous chats. For people who work a lot both in ChatGPT and the browser, it saves them time because they don’t have to copy and paste between the two and don’t have to repeat themselves all the time because one doesn’t know the context of the other.

It’s a bit like what one would wish Siri with “contextual awareness” to be.
 
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I've been using it since day one. I am constantly using it to ask questions about the webpage i'm on for diet and exercise. I can pull up cronometer and ask about my macros and to critique the food i ate to see what could have been a better choice. I pull up a you tube video and it summarizes it for me while watching and then I can also ask questions on how it specially pertains to my goals. I can do this on safari but if i could i would
 
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I doubt that these Chromium browsers with embedded AI will dent the side of the Universe much less scratch it. In a year Chrome with Gemini will have roughly the same market share it has now. As will Edge with Copilot. Siri of some sort will be in Safari by then. Most people will still find all of it to be somewhere between annoying and a threat unless a company like maybe Apple can slide it in slickly enough that it enhances the experience instead of whining and jumping around like a kid ready to pee their pants like Copilot does.

I like Perplexity personally. But for regular web browsing I do not need it observing me so I do not use Comet though I have tried it.
 
knappeduivel said:
I'm sure ChatGPT can hallucinate a proper explanation
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Just for fun I asked ChatGPT if there is a good reason for me to use Atlas over Safari. Here’s what it said:

‘Short answer? No compelling reason.

Safari + selective AI use (copy link → ChatGPT when it helps) is currently the cleanest, least regrettable setup. Atlas is interesting to watch, not necessarily to adopt. If it matures, gets strong privacy guarantees, maybe on-device processing, and a clearer data boundary? Revisit then. No rush.

You’re not missing out. You’re just not beta-testing someone else’s future browser. And that’s… perfectly sane. 🧠✨‘
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I'm going to repeat what I have been saying every time someone says Apple is behind in AI. Apple should focus on keeping their consumers SAFE FROM AI, and not worry about chatbots. Chatbots are already a commodity that no one is clamoring for.
What I will stick with Apple for is, if they continue being the walled garden. I have enough things to worry about, I don't want my browser or OS to be something else I need to worry about. JOB ONE for Apple where it comes to AI, if keeping consumers safe from it. Period. Forget chatbots.
 
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rp2011 said:
I'm going to repeat what I have been saying every time someone says Apple is behind in AI. Apple should focus on keeping their consumers SAFE FROM AI, and not worry about chatbots. Chatbots are already a commodity that no one is clamoring for.
What I will stick with Apple for is, if they continue being the walled garden. I have enough things to worry about, I don't want my browser or OS to be something else I need to worry about. JOB ONE for Apple where it comes to AI, if keeping consumers safe from it. Period. Forget chatbots.
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Exactly. I like having access to them if I need them, but I really do not relish the idea of having smarter spyware watching my every move. Although the main thing that chatbots excel at is gaining trust and potentially social engineering a data trove from their users.
 
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epox999 said:
The sooner investors see this stuff is a flop, the better

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I wish nothing but the best for OpenAI, they have unfairly been the dog to kick for investor exuberance. They were the ones who kicked-start a revolution, everyone else just ran like rabid dogs after them. When all is said and done and the dust settles hope they get the credit they deserve. It's eary days in AI, there is no winner or loser yet. No one is winning anything and no one is behind.
 
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rp2011 said:
Apple should focus on keeping their consumers SAFE FROM AI, and not worry about chatbots. Chatbots are already a commodity that no one is clamoring for.
What I will stick with Apple for is, if they continue being the walled garden. I have enough things to worry about, I don't want my browser or OS to be something else I need to worry about. JOB ONE for Apple where it comes to AI, if keeping consumers safe from it. Period. Forget chatbots.
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Agreed. I'm way more interested in something like this:

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Kagi Search already fights most SEO spam by downranking sites filled with ads and trackers. SlopStop adds a collaborative element: users can flag suspected AI slop, helping us identify domains and channels whose main purpose is to generate traffic with AI‑generated content.
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Have not yet tried out the browser. Will give it a try soon. However don’t think I will be using it frequently.
 
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