OpenAI updates ChatGPT Chrome extension to read open browser tabs
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome to let the artificial intelligence tool view and compare open browser tabs.
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OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome to allow the chatbot to read open browser tabs, The Verge reported on 15 October 2026. Users with the extension installed can let ChatGPT view their browser tabs by tagging Chrome inside the ChatGPT web or desktop application. [1]
To demonstrate the functionality, OpenAI released a video showing a user asking ChatGPT to evaluate three open browser tabs featuring different sofas, according to The Verge. Unite.AI similarly reported that the feature brings computer use capabilities to Google Chrome through ChatGPT tab controls. [1][2]
The update follows the discontinuation of the ChatGPT Atlas browser, The Verge reported. ChatGPT is developed by OpenAI and reached more than 1.2 billion weekly active users by September 2026, up from over 800 million weekly active users in late 2025. [1][6]
The update comes alongside growing security concerns regarding browser extensions. TechRepublic reported on 14 October 2026 that malicious Google Chrome extensions had compromised 900,000 users, stealing chat data from AI services including ChatGPT and DeepSeek. [3]
In short
- OpenAI updated the ChatGPT Google Chrome extension to allow it to view open browser tabs.
- Users activate the feature by tagging Chrome in the ChatGPT web or desktop application.
- The update follows the end of OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser.
- ChatGPT reached more than 1.2 billion weekly active users by 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, 19d ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]OpenAI Brings Computer Use to Chrome With ChatGPT Tab ControlsUnite.AI, 19d ago
- [3]900K Users Hit as Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal ChatGPT, DeepSeek ChatsTechRepublic, 21d 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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