OpenAI Inc. took the spotlight in the third week of October 2025 with the launch of ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser that integrates ChatGPT directly into its interface. The excitement surrounding Atlas stems from its innovative features, such as built-in memory recall, agent mode for task automation, and a user-friendly design that appeals to both existing ChatGPT users and those new to AI. Influencers have highlighted Atlas’ potential to disrupt the current browser market, while also emphasizing OpenAI’s strategic move to create a more integrated and personalized browsing experience, reveals the social media analytics platform of GlobalData, a data and analytics company.
Optimism
Shreyasee Majumder, social media analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The sentiment among influencers regarding ChatGPT Atlas is predominantly optimistic about its potential to disrupt established browsers like chrome and microsoft edge. Many believe that Atlas enhances web applications by integrating AI capabilities directly into the browsing experience. This integration allows users to seamlessly perform tasks such as summarizing pages, autofilling forms, and running code, while the agent mode in Atlas enables users to accomplish tasks even more quickly than they can browse. Influencers have referred to Atlas as a strong competitor to Chrome, highlighting OpenAI’s strategic advantage in controlling the entire technology stack.”
Opinions
A few popular influencer opinions captured by GlobalData’s social media analytics platform include Haider, Technology Expert: “OpenAI is clearly going for a full consumer strategy few realize how big the “ChatGPT Atlas” browser update is unlike perplexity, openAI can train its models to work natively with the browser because it controls the full stack, it likely delivers stronger agent capabilities than wrappers” In addition, Andriy Burkov, Advisor at MindsDB says : “ChatGPT Atlas, the Chrome killer, is a chromium-based browser. With all his billions, altman couldn’t build better browser technology than the one powering the browser he intends to kill.” The other opinion is from Matthew Berman, owner and CEO at Forward Future:”BIG realization: ChatGPT Atlas makes web apps much more powerful than desktop apps. For example, I use Slack as a desktop app. But if I used it as a web app (it’s available as both), it would have the power of ChatGPT built into it. I’m incentivized to use apps in the browser now.”
The others are Daniel Mac, Agentic Engineering at Amp: “Used ChatGPT Atlas, OpenAI’s new AI Browser, for the last forty five minutes. Which means I am now an expert. @OpenAI cooked with this one. It’s another step in ChatGPT becoming the “walled garden” ecosystem for consumer AI aka the Apple of AI. Why? > Integrates with ChatGPT’s memory system. Think about how this can connect back to ChatGPT Pulse, for example. More personalized LLM generated news…” Darren Shepherd, chief architect and co-founder at Obot AI: “ChatGPT Atlas is really a slap in the face of Microsoft Edge. Of course chrome, but Microsoft has specifically been trying to build this into Edge and consistently fumbling. It shows the dynamic of how hard it is for incumbents to adapt.” Shane Mac, co-founder and CEO at Ephemera: ” Ten minutes into ChatGPT Atlas, never going back. Left panel, all my Chats. Right panel, dig in more on any site. Import brought over everything; all the shortcuts are the same. Thing just works exactly like Chrome always did.” Cristina Cordova, chief operating officer at Linear: “Exciting to see @linear featured in @OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas launch today. With Agent Mode in Atlas, you can create and complete tasks faster than you can browse.” Finally, Rohan Paul, writer and founder at Rohan’s Bytes: “OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, its AI-powered browser on macOS. Windows/iOS/Android coming soon. Putting ChatGPT beside every page and adding agent mode for paid tiers. Atlas opens a split-screen with the site and a running chat by default, with one-click summaries and cursor chat to rewrite highlighted text in place. Keeps memory of browsing to personalize answers and offers settings to review or delete memories along with incognito windows for private sessions…”
