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

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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knappeduivel Avatar
8 weeks ago

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?
I'm sure ChatGPT can hallucinate a proper explanation
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
8 weeks ago

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?
Their purpose is to facilitate Data mining of their users.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
rp2011 Avatar
8 weeks ago
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.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SilmarilFinder Avatar
8 weeks ago
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?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
8 weeks ago
The sooner investors see this stuff is a flop, the better
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klasma Avatar
8 weeks ago

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?
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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