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OpenAI launches Atlas browser on Apple laptops; coming to Windows, iOS, Android
Browser features AI “agent mode” to search and navigate web for users
Aims to challenge Google Chrome , which has ~3 billion users worldwide
CEO Sam Altman calls it a “once-a-decade opportunity” to rethink browsers
OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions.
Making itself a gateway to online searches could allow OpenAI, the world’s most valuable startup, to pull in more internet traffic and the revenue made from digital advertising.
OpenAI has said ChatGPT already has more than 800 million users but many of them get i