The ChatGPT browser is already dead
OpenAI is already shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser that could do tasks for you on your behalf, less than a year after launching it. Atlas was announced in October, but as part of its wave of news about ChatGPT Work today, the company confirmed that it will be "sunsetting" Atlas and is targeting an August 9th date for deprecation. In recent months, OpenAI has also shut down the video generation app Sora and paused plans for a ChatGPT "adult mode" as it works to reduce "s
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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, a browser launched in October that could perform tasks on behalf of users, less than a year after its debut with an August 9th deprecation date targeted. The company is sunsetting Atlas as part of broader efforts to focus on productivity features and reduce what it calls "side quests," moving the capabilities it learned from Atlas users into updated browser features within its desktop and work mode products. This shutdown comes alongside OpenAI's recent closures of other projects, including the Sora video generation app and a paused "adult mode" feature. According to OpenAI, the learnings from Atlas users will inform how agents help with browsing and work on the open web going forward.
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