Excerpt from OpenAI’s press release of ChatGPT Atlas browser
Today we’re introducing ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser built with ChatGPT at its core.
AI gives us a rare moment to rethink what it means to use the web. Last year, we added search in ChatGPT so you could instantly find timely information from across the internet—and it quickly became one of our most-used features. But your browser is where all of your work, tools, and context come together. A browser built with ChatGPT takes us closer to a true super-assistant that understands your world and helps you achieve your goals.
With Atlas, ChatGPT can come with you anywhere across the web—helping you in the window right where you are, understanding what you’re trying to do, and completing tasks for you, all without copying and pasting or leaving the page. Your ChatGPT memory is built in, so conversations can draw on past chats and details to help you get new things done.
During lectures, I like using practice questions and real-world examples to really understand the material. I used to switch between my slides and ChatGPT, taking screenshots just to ask a question. Now ChatGPT instantly understands what I’m looking at, helping me improve my knowledge checks as I go.” — Yogya Kalra, college student and early tester of ChatGPT Atlas
As you use Atlas, ChatGPT can get smarter and more helpful, too. Browser memories let ChatGPT remember context from the sites you visit and bring that context back when you need it. This means you can ask ChatGPT questions like: “Find all the job postings I was looking at last week and create a summary of industry trends so I can prepare for interviews.” Browser memories in Atlas are completely optional, and you’re always in control: you can view or archive them at any time in settings, and deleting browsing history deletes any associated browser memories.
ChatGPT can also do work for you in Atlas using agent mode, with improvements that make it faster and more useful by working with your browsing context. It’s now better at researching and analyzing, automating tasks, and planning events or booking appointments while you browse. Agent mode in Atlas is available today in preview for Plus, Pro, and Business users.
ChatGPT Atlas is launching worldwide on macOS today to Free, Plus, Pro, and Go users. Atlas is also available in beta for Business, and if enabled by their plan administrator, for Enterprise and Edu users. Experiences for Windows, iOS, and Android are coming soon.
Download at chatgpt.com/atlas(opens in a new window). Getting started is easy: when you open Atlas for the first time, sign in to ChatGPT and bring your bookmarks, saved passwords, and browsing history with you by importing them from your current browser.
Will ChatGPT Atlas invite more copyright suits?
Probably. This browser is likely to invite claims based on the theory that an “answer engine” using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) constitutes infringement. This theory is already being alleged against Microsoft in the suits against it and OpenAI, as well as the separate lawsuits against Perplexity and Cohere. This theory has not yet been decided in any of the lawsuits. The AI companies will rely on the fact-expression dichotomy, in arguing that facts are per se uncopyrightable under the Supreme Court’s decision in Feist. The copyright owners will likely point to putative lost traffic to their websites.
This browser is likely to invite claims based on the theory that an “answer engine” using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) constitutes infringement. This theory is already being alleged against Microsoft in the suits against it and OpenAI, as well as the separate lawsuits against Perplexity and Cohere. This theory has not yet been decided in any of the lawsuits.
What about Sora 2? Will it invite more copyright suits?
Probably, although OpenAI switched to an “opt in” system and presumably has implemented guardrails against the generation of copyrighted characters. So it may depend on how effective those guardrails are. Or it may depend on whether the movie studios are upset about the short time (I think 24 hours or less) in which OpenAI said it had an opt out system, allowing users to freely generate at least some copyrighted characters.
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