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- ChatGPT Chrome extension now reads users' open tabs when they tag @chrome in ChatGPT's web or desktop app, with OpenAI's demo video showing someone asking ChatGPT to compare three tabs of sofas.
- OpenAI listed sample queries for the upgrade, including filling a registration form from an event brief, building a vendor comparison sheet with pricing, drafting an email to a contractor, and adding a dentist appointment to two calendars.
- ChatGPT sidebar now delivers "the full power of ChatGPT" along with the user's full Chat or Work conversation history, without leaving the current page.
- ChatGPT Work can now "control" Chrome tabs for tasks like sending messages, filling forms, and downloading files — a capability the source directly compares to Google's Gemini-powered "auto browse."
- The extension can also organize and group open tabs, and the upgrade arrives after OpenAI's own ChatGPT Atlas browser is described as "gone."
Why it matters: OpenAI is extending ChatGPT's reach into users' existing browsing sessions after its own ChatGPT Atlas browser was discontinued, putting it in direct feature competition with Google's Gemini "auto browse." The extension lets ChatGPT read, fill, and submit forms across open tabs, expanding the scope of what a chatbot can act on inside personal browsing.
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