OpenAI Prepares to Sunset Atlas AI Browser, Asks Users to Switch to Rival Chrome
RIP, Atlas.Credit: OpenAI
OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas AI browser less than 9 months after launch. The company now plans to bring most of its browsing capabilities into the main ChatGPT desktop app and a new extension for Chrome, the browser it's now encouraging Atlas users to switch to.
The company introduced Atlas in late October 2025 as an AI-first browser built around ChatGPT. It was designed to use AI to help you search for and summarize information from across the web, rather than through regular search engines.
OpenAI now saysthat Atlas will reach its end of life in August, and existing users will see prompts pointing them to the ChatGPT desktop app and to a Chrome extension that works similarly. The company expects many Atlas features, like reading long articles, filling out web forms, and coordinating tasks across multiple sites, to operate within these tools in a...
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