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OpenAI Details Rapid Fixes and New Features for ChatGPT Atlas After Launch

Analysts frame the AI-first browser as a move to own the gateway to the internet.

Overview

  • Product lead Adam Fry outlined near-term additions including multiprofile support, tab groups, an opt-in ad blocker, and a ChatGPT model picker.
  • OpenAI also promised agent upgrades such as a more reliable pause state, faster time to first response, and refinements to the chain-of-thought animation.
  • Atlas integrates ChatGPT directly into browsing so it can interpret pages and perform tasks like hunting for flight deals or curating recipes.
  • A new scrolling-tabs interface keeps recent, active tabs on the left and shifts older tabs into a scrollable area on the right, as demonstrated by engineer Darin Fisher.
  • Industry commentary presents Atlas as a strategic platform push, while experts caution that current agents remain unreliable and warn of long‑term model quality risks such as so‑called “AI brain rot.”