OpenAI has teased the upcoming livestream event, scheduled for July 18 at 1 AM IST. The brief video announcement on X offers scant specifics, leaving the AI community guessing about what might be unveiled at the event.
Previously, OpenAI expanded its flagship model range with the release of GPT-4 Turbo, which included a 128 K token context window and lowered API pricing for both input and output tokens, to make high-capacity AI more accessible to developers.
However, rumours suggest that OpenAI intends to introduce a new AI-powered browser during the livestream event on July 18th. These suspicions are fueled by industry trends and competitors’ recent activities, such as Perplexity recently launching its own AI-powered browser, “Commet,” demonstrating that the industry is shifting towards AI-driven browsing and productivity experiences.
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Multiple reports suggest that the new browser by OpenAI is built on top of Google’s open-source Chromium engine, making it compatible with existing Chrome extensions and web standards.
Compared to other browsers, it has a ChatGPT-like interface within every tab, allowing users to browse sites conversationally, ask questions, and summarize text without ever leaving the page. It also has the power to call an “Operator” agent to book, fill out forms, and buy things on behalf of the user.
It also maintains privacy controls in place by making user data travel through OpenAI’s infrastructure instead of being passed on to third-party websites. OpenAI plans to roll out the new browser globally to its existing ChatGPT user base within the next few weeks.
There is no official information about what OpenAI will launch; the above are just speculations. Everything will be confirmed during the livestream event on July 18th.
