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763 points easton | 4 comments | 21 Oct 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ZeljkoS ◴[21 Oct 25 18:02 UTC] No.45659245[source]▶
Here are the highlights from the .DMG installer screens (https://imgur.com/a/Tu4TlNu):

1. Turn on browser memories Allow ChatGPT to remember useful details as you browse to give smarter responses and proactive suggestions. You're in control - memories stay private.

2. Ask ChatGPT - on any website Open the ChatGPT sidebar on any website to summarize, explain, or handle tasks - right next to what you're browsing.

3. Make your cursor a collaborator ChatGPT can help you draft emails, write reviews, or fill out forms. Highlight text inside a form field or doc and click the ChatGPT logo to get started.

4. Set as default browser BOOST CHATGPT LIMITS Unlock 7 days of extended limits on messaging, file uploads, data analysis, and image generation on ChatGPT Atlas.

5. You're all set — welcome to Atlas! Have fun exploring the web with ChatGPT by your side, all while staying in control of your data and privacy. (This screen also displays shareable PNG badge with days since you registered for ChatGPT and Atlas).

My guess is that many ChatGPT Free users will make it their default browser just because of (4) — to extend their limits. Creative :)

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granzymes ◴[21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC] No.45659877[source]▶
Being able to search browser history with natural language is the feature I am most excited for. I can't count the number of times I've spent >10 minutes looking for a link from 5 months ago that I can describe the content of but can't remember the title.
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1. thewebguyd ◴[22 Oct 25 01:04 UTC] No.45663800[source]▶
Isn’t this what Recall in Windows 11 is trying to solve, and everyone got super up in arms over it?

I have no horse in the race either way, but I do find it funny how HN will swoon over a feature from one company and criticize to no end that same feature from another company just because of who made it.

At least Recall is on-device only, both the database and the processing.

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2. mlrtime ◴[22 Oct 25 02:41 UTC] No.45664351[source]▶
I think it makes sense, many don't have a choice to run Windows (Linux/Mac won't work for them for whatever reason). If MS turned on Recall without a disable (and its not hard to believe they wouldn't, onedrive), people would be upset.

With ChatGPT Atlas, you simply uninstall it. done.

3. Vinnl ◴[22 Oct 25 10:22 UTC] No.45667037[source]▶
> I do find it funny how HN will swoon over a feature from one company and criticize to no end that same feature from another company

It's pretty easy to explain if you assume that HN consists of multiple people with varying opinions.

4. sensanaty ◴[22 Oct 25 13:41 UTC] No.45669017[source]▶
I'm the last person to defend OpenAI on literally anything and personally I hope they crash and burn in a spectacular fashion and take the whole market down with them, but you at least have a choice in using Atlas as it's simply a program that you install on your computer of your own volition. With Recall, there's no choice, M$ will just shove it down your throat whether you want it or not, and most likely (knowing their history it's pretty much a guarantee) you'll be stuck with the privacy nightmare that is Recall with nothing you can do about it.

So the pushback makes perfect sense to me. Also, HN isn't 1 entity, it's many people with many different opinions, you can easily find people who were/are excited about Recall the same way people are excited about Atlas.