Try not to get too excited, but OpenAI is on the verge of releasing its own AI-powered web browser, Reuters reports. Expected to launch in the coming weeks, the browser is being released with audacious ambitions.

The idea is to reduce the need for users to visit third-party sites or apps, either to access information or an AI chatbot.

OpenAI is developing an AI-powered web browser. It aims to rival Google Chrome. The browser will integrate ChatGPT-like features. This could change ho

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly preparing to launch its own AI-integrated web browser in the coming weeks. The new browser will feature a direct chat-like function and an AI agent, 'Operator', designed to assist users with tasks such as filling out forms and making reservations.

Perplexity, the startup behind the AI “answer” engine, has just launched its own web browser. The browser, called Comet, incorporates Perplexity’s AI search tools and assistant in a way that CEO Aravind Srinivas says “transforms entire browsing sessions into single, seamless interactions.”

AI-enhanced search answers are just the beginning for the tech industry's plans to revolutionize the way people access information online through even more agentic AI.

This increase in AI usage has led to a distinction between officially sanctioned, well-governed AI tools (safe AI) and unsanctioned, unmonitored use (shadow AI).