What Atlas is
Atlas is ChatGPT’s Browser AI mode. It allows ChatGPT to:
- Browse live web pages
- Read entire sites, documents, tables, and pages
- Extract data and summarize across multiple sources
- Provide citations and cross-check information
- Follow links and navigate automatically
What makes Atlas different from normal prompting
- It is source-aware. It only uses the data from pages you select.
- It can chain actions: open page → scan → extract → summarize → compare → recommend.
- It removes hallucinations because it has to cite from real pages.
- It can handle vague questions by asking you questions and then forming a research plan.
Chain-of-clicks automation
You can tell Atlas to follow links automatically and it will crawl them one by one.
Example:
“Open this site, follow all links on the Pricing page, summarize each pricing tier, and return a comparison table.”
Atlas will:
- Navigate the site
- Open internal links
- Read each page
- Build a single merged summary
What Can ChatGPT Atlas Do?
1. Atlas is ChatGPT’s Browser AI mode, not a separate model.
It uses GPT’s reasoning while actively browsing the web, reading pages, and navigating links.
2. Atlas does not hallucinate when sources are provided.
Because it pulls directly from live pages and cites them, its answers are grounded in real sources.
3. It can read an entire website in a single prompt.
Atlas can open multiple tabs, follow links, extract data, and synthesize everything into one output.
4. It handles multi-step, real-world workflows.
You can ask it to research, compare, evaluate, and produce a final recommendation in one flow.
5. Atlas follows link paths automatically.
It can click into subpages, documentation, pricing tables, and nested navigation items without direction.
6. It converts unstructured pages into structured data.
Lists, tables, paragraphs, footnotes, sidebars, and PDFs can all be turned into clean datasets.
7. Atlas can fact-check by tracing cited sources.
It can follow references, open citations, and verify whether claims are supported.
8. Atlas aggregates across multiple open tabs.
It can hold several pages in memory at once and generate a unified summary or comparison.
What are some prompts to get started with ChatGPT Atlas?
“Open this company’s website: [URL]. Create a one-page executive brief with the following sections: Mission, Product Overview, Pricing, Target Customers, Key Differentiators, Leadership Team, Risks, and Opportunities. Use only information from the site and cite each section.”
“Open this website: [URL]. Extract the Requirements, Definitions, Scope, and Exceptions sections. Summarize each in clear, plain language. Return a concise brief with citations to page numbers.”
Compare two vendors
“Open these two links:
[Vendor 1 URL]
[Vendor 2 URL]
Compare their pricing, features, and strengths in a simple table.”
