ChatGPT Atlas and the next era of web browsing — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 9

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 14, 2025

Duration

1h 14m

Channel

OpenAI

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

How will the internet feel when your browser can actually do things for you? OpenAI’s Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher, whose past work shaped some of the most popular modern browsers, dive into the making of ChatGPT Atlas. They explore how AI changes what a browser can be, from tabs you can talk to, to agents that take over tedious tasks. Learn more about the decisions they made along the way and what’s coming next. Guests: Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher Chapters

• 00:00:45 What is Atlas?
• 00:03:34 The state of browsers and AI on the web
• 00:13:55 Under the hood (https://openai.com/index/building-chatgpt-atlas/)
• 00:22:00 Building with AI
• 00:33:39 Search in Atlas
• 00:41:28 Favorite features
• 00:45:23 Side Chat in action
• 00:46:59 Real-world wins with agent mode
• 00:52:45 Why Chromium?
• 01:07:57 Five-year vision
• 01:13:11 Power tips and closing remarks

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Andrew Mayne

  host

• Darin Fisher

  guest

• Ben Goodger

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of OpenAI, featuring Andrew Mayne and Darin Fisher, ChatGPT Atlas and the next era of web browsing — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 9 explores chatGPT Atlas reimagines browsers as agentic, personalized web copilots now ChatGPT Atlas is presented as a “new kind of browser” where ChatGPT isn’t a sidebar add-on but the central interface for understanding, navigating, and acting on the web.

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