OpenAI Takes on Google with a Chromium Wrapper

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Sector6  Oct 22. 2025 The bi-weekly newsletter by AIM that brings the biggest shifts shaping IT, AI, and GCCs. OpenAI Takes on Google with a Chromium Wrapper OpenAI just took its biggest swing yet at Google. The company has launched ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser, and guess what? It's built on Chromium—the same open-source engine that powers Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.  by Mohit Pandey OpenAI has officially launched Atlas, a browser that embeds ChatGPT right into your browsing window, so you can ask, write, summarise or even automate tasks without ever switching tabs. Atlas is now live for macOS users across the Free, Plus, Pro and Go tiers, with beta access rolling out for Business, Enterprise and Education accounts. Versions for Windows, iOS, and Android are already on the horizon.  The browser's key pitch is simple, but brilliant: ChatGPT goes wherever you go online.  During the demo, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, summed it up, "It's smooth, it's quick and it's very nice to use." Social media, of course, had its say. Many users attribute these traits to Google's Chromium. "Something's bugging me about Atlas—it's clearly Chromium-based (you can tell from the user agent and UI), but I can't find any credit to Chromium anywhere. No license info, no acknowledgements," a user said on Hacker News. "Sam realises that his team just made Chrome with ChatGPT as the home tab." Meanwhile, right around this launch, OpenAI wrote on X that Meta changed its policies so that 1-800-ChatGPT won't work on WhatsApp after January 15, 2026. "Luckily, we have an app, website and browser you can use instead to access ChatGPT," OpenAI added in a not-so-subtle flex. [AIM Network Must Watch] On October 20, a single DNS resolution failure in AWS' US-EAST-1 region disrupted millions of users and businesses globally. The ripple effect was felt across Snapchat, Reddit, Perplexity AI and UK-based banks. This video breaks down what caused the AWS outage. [Event Alert] Global integrated risk assessment firm Moody's is set to host its invite-only event 'Moody's India Open House' on Friday, November 7, at The Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru's Ashok Nagar. Click here to know more.  [Webinar Alert] AIM x Polestar Innovator Session: Are You Agent-Ready? Join Ankit Rana, chief innovation officer at Polestar Analytics, and Siddharth Poddar, chief product officer at Polestar Analytics, as they break down what it truly means to be "agent-ready". Click here to know more.   The timing of ChatGPT's Atlas release couldn't have been more intriguing.  Recently, Perplexity unveiled Comet, its AI-first browser designed to automate web workflows. Microsoft's Edge leans deeper into its Copilot Mode. Meanwhile, Google's Chrome has Gemini-powered conversational search, Brave has Leo, Opera has Neon and, now, OpenAI has Atlas. "Just woke up. Did I miss anything?" Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, sarcastically said on X. In response, users dismissed any cause for concern, noting that it was just another browser in the market. But Atlas isn't just another search bar upgrade. For power users, an Agent Mode lets ChatGPT handle multi-step tasks like research, analysis or scheduling. It's an early glimpse at what OpenAI calls "autonomous agents". Yes, it's all built on top of Google's Chromium, which feels almost poetic.  The company that kickstarted the AI boom with ChatGPT, itself built on Google's Transformer architecture, is now wrapping its biggest rival's codebase to take on its core product. This ironically pushed Google to play catch-up with Gemini. Three years later, OpenAI is doing it again. 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