ChatGPT Atlas vs. Google Chrome: The AI Browser Showdown 2025 OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas , an AI-powered web browser “built around its popular chatbot” and positioned as a “direct challenge to Google Chrome’s dominance” reuters.com . Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, called Atlas a “rare, once-a-decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be about” abc.net.au , underscoring how big this pivot is. Atlas makes ChatGPT the heart of the browsing experience: searches and actions go through the assistant instead of a traditional search engine. Early reactions were dramatic – Alphabet (Google’s parent) shares fell nearly 5% when Atlas was announced hindustantimes.com – signaling that investors and tech watchers see real disruption ahead. ChatGPT Atlas capitalizes on 800+ million weekly ChatGPT users reuters.com by integrating AI into every tab. As one Reuters summary notes, Atlas lets you open “a ChatGPT sidebar in any window to summarize content, compare products or...