Reuters reveals the potential release timeline of OpenAI’s browser in an exclusive report.
OpenAI is on the verge of launching its own dedicated browser — a tool that could become available to users within the coming weeks.
According to an exclusive report by Reuters, citing informed sources, OpenAI’s browser is part of the company’s broader strategy to expand its presence in users’ personal and professional lives. Much like previous services, the browser will come integrated with a chatbot similar to ChatGPT.
The primary goal of the project is reportedly large-scale user data collection — a strategy that previously worked in Google’s favor with the Chrome browser. The new browser is expected to include agent-based capabilities such as Operator, tools that can perform actions like booking or submitting requests on behalf of the user. Direct access to browser data would likely enhance the performance of these features.
It is said that OpenAI’s new browser is designed to keep users within the chatbot interface as much as possible, reducing their need to visit external websites — a strategy similar to Google’s AI Overviews, which could decrease traffic to websites whose content underpins language model responses.
If OpenAI makes its browser publicly available, it will join companies like Perplexity, which recently launched its smart browser, Comet.
With over 500 million weekly users on ChatGPT, OpenAI has a potentially large audience for its browser. However, if it aims to truly compete with Chrome, the road ahead will be challenging. Chrome is estimated to have over three billion users.
