OpenAI started teasing a live stream for its rumored web browser today. A mysterious trailer has appeared on OpenAI with a set of browser tabs X account today, signaling that the live broadcast will reveal everything today at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman the ad says it’s about “a new product I’m really excited about!” The link to live broadcast itself reveals that the browser is called ChatGPT Atlas and will be available globally on macOS starting today, with versions for Windows, iOS and Android coming soon.
Reuters in July announced that OpenAI is preparing to launch an AI web browser with the Operator AI agent built into the browser. Such a feature would allow the Operator to book restaurant reservations, automatically fill out forms and perform other actions in the browser.
The OpenAI web browser is expected to include a ChatGPT interface that will allow users to interact directly with the chatbot through the browser, rather than having to open the ChatGPT website. The browser will also likely run on Chromium, the same engine that powers Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera.
The AI browser wars are starting to heat up. Google has Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity has the Comet AI browser, The Browser Company was acquired by Atlassian for $610 million earlier this year, and Microsoft is building an AI-powered Copilot mode in its Edge browser. It looks like all these browsers will now have to compete with a dedicated OpenAI product.
Microsoft, OpenAI’s strategic artificial intelligence partner, has already ruled out creating its own dedicated AI browser. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told me last month that Microsoft’s path to the AI browser includes evolving the Edge browser to “be a true agent browser,” rather than the overhauled AI web browser that The Browser Company tried to do with Dia.
Update, October 21: Article updated with browser name and details.