The extension, which uses JavaScript to overlay a fake sidebar over the legitimate one on Atlas and Perplexity Comet, can trick users into "navigating to malicious websites, running data exfiltration commands, and even installing backdoors that provide attackers with persistent remote access to the victim's entire machine," the company said.

Last week, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser that promises to revolutionize how we interact with the internet. The company's CEO, Sam Altman, described it as a "once-a-decade opportunity" to rethink how we browse the web.

OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.

It can do a lot more than just play 'Eye of the Tiger' daily In yet another reminder to be wary of AI browsers, researchers at LayerX uncovered a vulnerability in OpenAI's Atlas that lets attackers inject malicious instructions into ChatGPT's memory using cross-site request forgery.

Anthropic has rolled out Claude Desktop for Mac and Windows, introducing screenshot capture, window sharing, and voice activation via Caps Lock. The update enables hands-free interaction, real-time analysis,

Microsoft Edge takes on OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas with powerful, new AI features like Copilot Mode, Agentic Actions

OpenAI's new AI browser ChatGPT Atlas can mimic human clicks, potentially inflating ad costs and distorting website analytics.