ChatGPT's Chrome extension can now read open tabs
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The short version
- With the extension installed, ChatGPT can view open Chrome tabs.
- Access is triggered when the user tags Chrome in ChatGPT's web or desktop app.
- OpenAI says the feature follows the end of its Atlas browser.
What happened
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone. Its Google Chrome extension now lets ChatGPT use the tabs a user already has open, according to The Verge. OpenAI says ChatGPT can view those tabs when the user tags Chrome in the web or desktop app, and posted a demo video.
Why it might matter
Tab contents can include email, banking and medical pages. Users who install the extension gain a new path for ChatGPT to read their browsing context.
What we don’t know yet
The source does not describe what data is kept or sent off the device, or what permission controls exist.
