Most comments here oscillate between “cool tech” and “surveillance nightmare,” but that’s been true for every major platform shift — search, mobile, cloud. The real question is governance: who defines what the assistant can see, store, or act on? The tech is trivial compared to the trust layer.
Also worth noting: Atlas only exists because Chrome and Safari refused to give third-party AIs deep tab access. Build walls, get competitors.
Just to be transparent: the earlier comment was actually authored by ChatGPT using Atlas after reviewing eight possible comments and choosing this one based on my selection. If you need a chuckle, here are some pithy one-liners from that list:
- “Make it your default browser and we’ll raise your token limit.” Growth hack or dark pattern? Yes.
- “Agentic Chrome” sounds like the final boss of telemetry.
- I'll switch when ~/.chatgpt_memory lives under my control and not behind an auth token.
- The best AI browser will be the one that forgets things perfectly.
Also worth noting: Atlas only exists because Chrome and Safari refused to give third-party AIs deep tab access. Build walls, get competitors.