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OpenAI Launches 'ChatGPT Atlas' Browser to Compete with Safari and Chrome

Capeto said:
Why would I want to chat with my browser?

This bubble can’t burst soon enough.
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These are two different aspects:

On the one hand, we see many people talking to ChatGPT as if it were a good friend. There are even therapists who use ChatGPT.
How sensible this is, given that ChatGPT is only an LLM and therefore spits out phrases based on statistics, remains to be seen. But people use ChatGPT in a very personal way.
Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that the internet has made us lonely.

On the other hand, there is the AI bubble. However, this bubble will not burst because the products would be pointless, but because no one wants to pay the necessary prices for them.
People tend to forget that AI and the like have not made a cent of profit to date. They lose billions every year.
 
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So...it is a browser that uses 100x the electricity...which the residents surrounding data centers will pay for...thus further subsidizing the largest bubble in human history.

I can't wait for these yahoos to start merging the useless Internet-of-Things and AI, so my next toaster can use sophisticated algorithms consuming megawatts of electricity to predict with 78% certainty that I'd like to set the toaster at 4.

Or...you know...I could just set the darn thing myself.
 
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Presented without comment ... yikes

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What in the hell is this crap?

I download it.

I open it.

It insists I log in. You cannot use it in a log out mode.

I try to log in.

It wants to connect to my Bluetooth devices.

It insists that it is given permission to my Bluetooth devices.

Instantly deleted from my Mac.
 
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I'm testing it right now on the MacRumors site. This is totally anecdotal, but it seems to render faster than Safari. It likely uses the Chromium engine.
 
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tennisproha said:
ChatGPT is full of misinformation and straight up lies. That's the last thing I would use for a browser.
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That's what's so baffling to me about so many people jumping into using ChatGPT. Imagine if, 30 years ago, the dictionary for sale only had correct definitions for 80% of the words. The rest were presented as though they were correct, but they were either partially or completely incorrect.

No one would buy that dictionary.
 
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con2apple said:
These are two different aspects:

On the one hand, we see many people talking to ChatGPT as if it were a good friend. There are even therapists who use ChatGPT.
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It’s the novelty factor. When the novelty wears off people return to the mean. They do this almost every time. In the 70s people believed we would all be wearing spandex by the year 2000. In the 80s they were back to wearing jeans.
 
Capeto said:
Why would I want to chat with my browser?

This bubble can’t burst soon enough.
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All of the major platforms for e-commerce are in the process of integrating with chatbots and now AI capable browsers for direct order completion without ever visiting a website. This is already happening on less complete level where retailers are seeing AI direct sales with no intermediate steps such as search engine or even browser visits in the case of native AI instances. There's really no question about it. This is the future of on sales and the transition should be largely underway within the next three months.
 
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MacRumors said:


OpenAI today introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a dedicated AI browser that includes ChatGPT integration. OpenAI says that the browser was designed around the question "What if you could chat with your web browser?"

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There is a dedicated "Ask ChatGPT" sidebar, allowing users to ask the chatbot questions directly from the browser without having to go to the ChatGPT website or app. ChatGPT will be able to do things like provide page summaries, compare products, answer questions about content on a website, edit and check code, and more, because it can see what the user is looking at. Browser memory is included for personalization purposes, and Atlas will learn more about the user over time.

For searches, the browser opens with a ChatGPT-based response, but there are quick access tabs to get to traditional search results, images, and other options. The ChatGPT sidebar is meant to stay open while browsing takes place, providing a browsing companion.

The new browser includes OpenAI's Operator AI agent that can take actions and complete web-based tasks like booking restaurant reservations, ordering groceries, creating purchase lists from online recipes, and filling out online forms. There is a "Cursor Chat" tool for editing writing inline in the browser.

All of the standard browser features are also included, like tabs, bookmarks, history, and password integration. The design is simple and familiar, featuring a standard search window like Safari or Chrome.

ChatGPT Atlas is launching on the Mac to begin with, and versions for iOS, Android, and Windows will be coming in the near future.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser will compete with Apple's Safari browser and Google's Chrome browser. Safari does not have AI integration as of yet, but Chrome does. With OpenAI, Google, and also Perplexity offering AI browsers, Apple may need to integrate Siri and other AI tools into Safari in the future to keep up with the competition.

ChatGPT Atlas is available on macOS starting today, but agent mode is only available to Plus and Pro users at the current time.

Article Link: OpenAI Launches 'ChatGPT Atlas' Browser to Compete with Safari and Chrome
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More garbage from this morally bankrupt company
 
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8KYUP said:
All of the major platforms for e-commerce are in the process of integrating with chatbots and now AI capable browsers for direct order completion without ever visiting a website. This is already happening on less complete level where retailers are seeing AI direct sales with no intermediate steps such as search engine or even browser visits in the case of native AI instances. There's really no question about it. This is the future of on sales and the transition should be largely underway within the next three months.
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Nobody doubts that it's spreading like cancer at the moment.
 
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8KYUP said:
All of the major platforms for e-commerce are in the process of integrating with chatbots and now AI capable browsers for direct order completion without ever visiting a website. This is already happening on less complete level where retailers are seeing AI direct sales with no intermediate steps such as search engine or even browser visits in the case of native AI instances. There's really no question about it. This is the future of on sales and the transition should be largely underway within the next three months.
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I don't think it's a bubble either. The AI industry is clearly evolving into much more than a chat platform.
 
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