The new Atlas browser from OpenAI looks like it has the potential to become a major disrupter in the world of search.

The Internet Business Times reports:

[https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chatgpt-atlas-what-it-how-download-ai-browser-openai-it-really-next-chrome-replacement-1749277]

According to OpenAI's official release, the browser includes an 'Ask ChatGPT' sidebar that allows users to query or summarise any webpage in real time. Users can highlight text and ask the AI for instant explanations, comparisons or additional details without switching tabs.

A unique 'Agent Mode' enables ChatGPT to complete online tasks such as filling in forms, comparing products or managing multiple tabs.

ChatGPT Atlas also features built-in memory, allowing the browser to remember user activity and tailor responses based on browsing context. These features are intended to make research, work and communication more seamless within a single interface.

It won't take long before Google and others bake similar AI capabilities into their browsers but what this really means is even more pervasive tracking of individuals and their online activity than was available before.

So we come back to the question posed by Ayn Rand in her novel Atlas Unshrugged:

What is the role of man's mind in existence?

According to Encyclopedia Britannica:

[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlas-Shrugged]

Atlas Shrugged, novel by Russian-born American author Ayn Rand, published in 1957. Generally considered to be Rand’s masterpiece, the book depicts a future United States on the verge of economic collapse after years of collectivist misrule, under which productive and creative citizens (primarily industrialists, scientists, and artists) have been exploited to benefit an undeserving population.

Only this seems to be a reverse situation than that explored by Rand, namely a population being exploited by technology giants all in the name of 'progress'.

Although Atlas doesn't seem to be that good at making connections.

Click Features>Connectors and you get this:

upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination

So maybe it's human after all!