{"id":223570,"date":"2025-10-24T22:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223570\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:42:09","slug":"openai-wants-to-power-your-browser-and-that-might-be-a-security-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/223570\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI wants to power your browser, and that might be a security nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/21\/as-the-browser-wars-heat-up-here-are-the-hottest-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The browser wars are heating up again<\/a>, this time with AI in the driver\u2019s seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI just launched Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser that lets users surf the web using natural language and even includes an \u201cagent mode\u201d that can complete tasks autonomously. It\u2019s one of the biggest browser launches in recent memory, but it\u2019s debuting with an unsolved security flaw that could expose passwords, emails, and sensitive data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On TechCrunch\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Equity<\/a> podcast, Max Zeff, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane break down Atlas\u2019 debut, the broader wave of alternative browsers, and more of the week\u2019s startup and tech news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the full episode to hear about:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why Rivian spinoff Also just landed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/22\/amazon-will-buy-thousands-of-pedal-assist-cargo-vehicles-from-rivian-spinoff-also\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a massive deal with Amazon<\/a> for thousands of pedal-assist cargo vehicles (and why the name is a nightmare to say in conversation)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The alternative browsers that either embrace or push back against AI-everything, from privacy-focused options like DuckDuckGo and Brave to \u201cmindful\u201d browsers like Opera Air\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Spotify<\/a> and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> X<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The browser wars are heating up again, this time with AI in the driver\u2019s seat.\u00a0 OpenAI just launched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[84248,2151,92482,37667,59,874,69214,86,56,54,55,5824],"class_list":["post-223570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-also","tag-amazon","tag-aws-outage","tag-equity-podcast","tag-gb","tag-openai","tag-rivian","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}