ChatGPT becomes a full Chrome browser assistant that reads and acts on your open tabs
Quick Answer
ChatGPT has integrated with Chrome to manage open tabs, allowing users to perform actions like sending messages and filling forms.
Quick Take
The new GPT-6 Astra model excels in handling complex workflows, enhancing productivity across all ChatGPT plans. The upgraded sidebar now displays full chat history alongside the current webpage for easy reference.
Key Points
- Users can target tabs with @chrome for specific actions.
- Chat mode aggregates data from multiple tabs simultaneously.
- Work mode allows for automated tasks like downloading files.
- GPT-6 Astra is currently the leading model for complex workflows.
- The extension is compatible with all ChatGPT subscription plans.
📖 Reader Mode
~1 min readChatGPT can now access open tabs right in the Chrome browser and take actions on them. Users can target open tabs with @chrome, while Chat mode pulls data from several tabs at once. Work mode lets the tool control tabs through Computer Use to send messages, fill out forms, download files, or group tabs. GPT-6 Astra is the best Computer Use model on the market right now, and it can handle complex workflows with many steps.
Your full chat history now sits in the upgraded ChatGPT sidebar right next to the web page you're viewing. In OpenAI's examples, the extension compares products across open tabs by size, material, shipping time, and return rules, sums up articles in plain language, or matches up price pages from different sellers. The updated Chrome extension works with all ChatGPT plans.
— Originally published at the-decoder.com
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