Welcome to the TechBrew Right Home for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Really just two stories. First, OpenAI has launched a web browser, ChatGPT Atlas,

what it does and why are they doing it? Then, Samsung has made a cheaper Vision Pro.

They call it the Galaxy XR headset, what it does, and why are they doing it?

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

OpenAI has launched its ChatGPT Atlas web browser, available initially for MacOS, and coming soon to

Windows, iOS, and Android, with an Ask chat GPT sidebar, quoting the verge. But its agent mode is only

available to chat GPT Plus and pro users for now, said OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, the way that we hope

people will use the internet in the future, the chat experience and a web browser can be a great

analog, Altman said. Adam Fry, the product lead for ChatGPT search said one of the browser's

best features is memory, making the browser more personalized and more helpful to you, as well as an agent mode,

meaning that in Atlas, chat GPT can now take actions for you. It can help you book reservations

or flights or even just edit a document that you're working on. Users can see and manage the browser's

memories in settings, employees said, as well as open incognito windows. The browser's agent mode clearly builds on

open AIs past forays into agentic AI, such as its operator tool, an early version of a tool

allowing chat GPD to use a computer on a user's behalf, and chat GPT agent, the next iteration,

which was designed to be able to complete more complex tasks,

shop, and more, though it wasn't always successful in that realm.

Whenever you click a link from a search result in Atlas, it'll by default show a split

screen with the webpage and the chat GPT transcript, with the goal being to display a

companion at all times,

employees said, though a user can turn off the split screen if they'd rather.

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