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What happened to OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser?

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser reportedly stopped working around August 9, 2026, roughly nine months after its October 2025 launch. Its agentic browsing features were reportedly folded into the ChatGPT desktop app and a Chrome extension instead, shifting from a standalone browser to integrated tools within existing platforms.

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A Federal Court Just Ruled Your AI Agent Is Legally You — Not the Company Behind It

The Ninth Circuit ruled that when an AI agent acts on your behalf, it is you accessing a website, not the AI company — a landmark first for agentic AI law.

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