OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Chrome extension to read open browser tabs
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome to allow the artificial intelligence assistant to read and compare open browser tabs.
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OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT extension for the Google Chrome web browser, allowing the assistant to view open browser tabs. The Verge and Unite.AI both report that the feature lets users grant the artificial intelligence tool access to their active tabs. The rollout follows the end of the standalone ChatGPT Atlas browser project. [1][2]
Users trigger the feature by tagging Chrome inside the ChatGPT web or desktop application, according to The Verge. OpenAI published a demonstration video showing the tool analyzing and comparing three open browser tabs that contained sofa listings. [1]
Unite.AI reports that the update brings computer use capabilities to the Chrome browser. Meanwhile, TechRepublic reported earlier in October 2026 that malicious Chrome extensions had targeted 900,000 users to steal chat data from ChatGPT and DeepSeek. [2][3]
ChatGPT reached more than 1.2 billion weekly active users as of September 2026. The platform had previously reached 800 million weekly active users by late 2025. [6]
In short
- OpenAI updated its ChatGPT Google Chrome extension to read active browser tabs.
- Users trigger the tab-reading capability by tagging Chrome in the ChatGPT app.
- The update follows the discontinuation of OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser.
- ChatGPT reached over 1.2 billion weekly active users in September 2026.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs nowThe Verge, 3h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]OpenAI Brings Computer Use to Chrome With ChatGPT Tab ControlsUnite.AI, 3h ago
- [3]900K Users Hit as Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal ChatGPT, DeepSeek ChatsTechRepublic, 2d ago
Background
- [4]Opera (web browser) on Wikipedia
- [5]ChromeOS on Wikipedia
- [6]ChatGPT on Grokipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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