ChatGPT Atlas: The First Step Toward AI Operating Systems
The Big Picture OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is the prototype for how we’ll use computers in the future. Within a few years, operating systems will be powered by AI as users interact through prompts instead of clicking applications. You’ll describe what you want, and the AI will orchestrate everything across your system, apps, and the internet. This isn’t speculation, it’s the logical evolution of computing. Atlas demonstrates this vision today: AI sitting at the center of your computing experience, understanding context across your entire digital life and acting on your behalf. The next few years will determine whether this transformation happens securely. The Security Challenge: Trust and Boundaries Breaking Down Cyber security fundamentally relies on trust and boundaries . Traditional computing maintains clear boundaries: apps run in isolation, websites can’t access each other’s data, users approve every action. AI-native computing dissolves these boundaries. Brow...