Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT gains Chrome tab control
ChatGPT’s Chrome extension could read open tabs, summarise pages and act on them in Work mode, while the article also repeated OpenAI’s model claim and usage examples.
- ChatGPT could access open tabs in the Chrome browser and take actions on them.
- Users could target tabs with @chrome, and Chat mode could pull data from several tabs at once.
- Work mode let Computer Use send messages, fill in forms, download files and group tabs.
- The article said GPT-6 Astra was the best Computer Use model on the market right now.
- The updated Chrome extension worked with all ChatGPT plans.
ChatGPT could access open tabs in the Chrome browser and act on them. Users could point it at tabs with @chrome, and Chat mode could gather information from several tabs at once.
Work mode used Computer Use to send messages, complete forms, download files and group tabs. The article also said the full chat history sat in an updated sidebar beside the page being viewed.
The article said GPT-6 Astra was the best Computer Use model on the market right now. It said OpenAI’s examples showed the extension comparing products across tabs, summing up articles and matching prices from different sellers.
The article said the extension worked with all ChatGPT plans. It presented the feature set as a broad update rather than a limited release.
Named in this story
Companies
- OpenAI
- provided the examples used to illustrate the extension
Products and systems
- ChatGPT
- gained access to open tabs and could act on them
- Chrome browser
- hosted the extension’s tab access and controls
- Chat mode
- pulled data from several tabs at once
- Work mode
- used Computer Use to carry out tasks on tabs
- Computer Use
- let the tool control tabs and perform actions
- GPT-6 Astra
- was described as the best Computer Use model on the market
How the source tells it
The piece read like a product-launch note, echoing OpenAI’s claims and leaning on a superlative without evidence.
- hype a top-ranking claim was stated without any benchmark or supporting detail
- vendor boosterism the company’s own examples were repeated as if they were proof of capability
- novelty the update was framed with repeated language of now and upgraded