Switched from Google Chrome to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser for a week, and the ‘Big why’ I didn’t stay

When OpenAI dropped ChatGPT Atlas last week, tech bros lost their collective minds. A browser built around ChatGPT? From the company that’s been inserting AI into everything from search to shopping carts? I had to try it. So I did something mildly reckless: made it my default browser for seven straight days to see if it could dethrone Chrome, my browser of choice since 2008.

The short version? It’s fine. The long version? Well, keep reading.

Chromium in a ChatGPT costume