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OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Atlas Browser On macOS

The tech company’s new macOS browser folds ChatGPT into daily web use, ahead of a wider global rollout.

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3 weeks ago

October 22, 2025

Nour Nasir

OpenAI

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, a Chrome-based browser that embeds its chatbot directly into the browsing window. The macOS version is out today, with Windows, Android, and iOS to follow. The move brings OpenAI into the same arena as established browsers that have begun layering generative AI tools into search and navigation.

Atlas lets users call up ChatGPT inside any text field or tab. In a live demo, an OpenAI staffer used it to polish an email draft in Gmail, showing how the chatbot can handle quick writing tasks without leaving the page. A sidebar can stay open for ongoing chats, and a prompt bar appears automatically in new tabs.

The browser adds a “memory” option that recalls user preferences and past activity — for example, reopening a product page by command. The setting is optional, with full deletion controls and private browsing. OpenAI said none of this data will be used to train its models, a point likely aimed at easing privacy concerns as AI tools move deeper into personal workflows.

A preview “Agent Mode,” available to Plus, Pro, and Business users, lets ChatGPT carry out tasks such as booking flights, editing documents, or searching online independently. “It can help you book reservations or flights or even just edit a document that you’re working on,” explained Adam Fry, product lead for ChatGPT Search.

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CEO Sam Altman framed Atlas as an overdue step in browser evolution. “Tabs are great but we haven’t seen a lot of browser innovation since then,” he noted.

With Atlas, OpenAI joins a growing wave of “agentic” browsers from firms like Opera and Perplexity, while Google readies deeper Gemini integration in Chrome. For the wider market — including emerging digital economies in the Middle East — the launch signals a new phase where browsing, search, and AI productivity converge inside a single interface.

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AltoVolo Opens Orders For Limited Edition Sigma eVTOLs

Early buyers can now reserve build slots for AltoVolo’s 500-mile hybrid aircraft through a new online configurator.

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1 week ago

November 1, 2025

Nour Nasir

AltoVolo

AltoVolo has started taking pre-orders for its first electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, the Sigma, moving the startup closer to commercial rollout. Customers can now secure a build slot with a £860 deposit and customize every detail online — from paintwork to seatbelt stitching. It’s the first configurator of its kind for a civilian eVTOL, mirroring how luxury car brands let clients tailor performance models before production.

The Sigma runs on a hybrid-electric tilting jet system built for long range and low noise. It can travel up to 500 miles at a 220-mph cruise, and is over 80% quieter than a helicopter. The three-seater weighs just 980kg and can maintain stable flight even if one jet fails. Safety systems include triple-redundant controls, thrust-vectoring stability and a ballistic parachute.

“We will be delivering an ultra-refined hybrid electric aircraft,” said founder and CEO Will Wood. “We believe there are thousands of customers for this type of cutting-edge technology”.

The first 100 units will come with exclusive materials and finishes. AltoVolo is also setting up a global service and maintenance network, with early planning for overhaul schedules already underway. The company’s focus on ownership experience echoes its ambition to anchor itself alongside established aviation brands rather than pure tech ventures.

To help new owners train, the company has built a full-scale simulator that replicates the Sigma cockpit in carbon fiber and leather. Pilots can log time toward a license using the system, aligned with the new US MOSAIC rules that ease certification for powered-lift aircraft. Certification work in Europe and the UK continues in parallel, signaling growing international alignment around light sport and eVTOL regulation.

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Noise inside the cabin has become another design focus. Engineers are refining internal vibration levels and developing a responsive soundscape that shifts with each jet’s power load — part feedback, part theatre.

Urban air mobility projects across the Gulf and elsewhere are pushing regulators and manufacturers to meet in the middle. Dubai, Riyadh and Doha have each outlined plans for air taxi corridors this decade. AltoVolo’s hybrid Sigma, sitting between electric promise and aviation realism, looks built for that middle ground.