"Multiple major players in artificial intelligence are moving on from chatbots like ChatGPT and are now focusing their efforts on new browsers with deep AI integrations. Those could take the form of an agent that shops for you or an omnipresent chatbot that follows you around and summarizes what you're seeing, looks up related stuff, or answers related questions. Last week alone, OpenAI released the ChatGPT Atlas browser, and Microsoft showed off Edge's new Copilot Mode, both of which heavily feature chatbots."
"What do I think of them? There's this interesting question around: what does a user want to see? Today, you're used to going to Google, doing a search, and seeing all the results. But I think what Atlas is starting to do is give you the answer. There's this paradigm shift between an agent giving you an answer versus a user being able to sort through the content they want to see."
Multiple major AI companies are shifting focus from chatbots to browsers with deep AI integrations that can act as shopping agents or omnipresent assistants. Recent releases include OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas, Microsoft's Edge Copilot Mode, Perplexity's free Comet browser, and Google's Chrome with Gemini. These browsers often present direct answers rather than traditional search result lists, creating a paradigm between agent-provided answers and user-controlled exploration of content. Some users and browser leaders emphasize the need for transparent sourcing and references for AI answers. Uncertainty remains whether all users prefer agentic answers and how personalized browsing will affect expectations of privacy.
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