# OpenAI's ChatGPT Chrome Extension Now Reads Open Tabs and Controls Them in Work Mode

The update gives the extension's 7 million users an agent that can send messages, fill forms and download files inside Google's browser, after OpenAI shut down its own Atlas browser.

- Published: 2026-10-18T06:13:15.484Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-10-18/openai-s-chatgpt-chrome-extension-now-reads-open-tabs-and-co
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2026/10/16/chatgpt-gets-deeper-google-chrome-integration-including-control-over-tabs/), [Unite.AI](https://www.unite.ai/openai-brings-computer-use-to-chrome-with-chatgpt-tab-controls/), [IBTimes Australia](https://www.ibtimes.com.au/openai-chatgpt-chrome-extension-computer-use-1876917), [Slashdot](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1537233/chatgpt-can-peek-at-your-chrome-tabs-now)

OpenAI updated its ChatGPT extension for Chrome so that the assistant can read a user's open tabs through an @chrome command and operate the browser directly. In Chat mode, the model pulls information from several open tabs to answer a ques…

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