In this episode, we explore OpenAI’s groundbreaking release GPT Atlas, the AI-powered browser that remembers your activities and acts on your behalf. Discover its features, implications for enterprise security, and the risks it poses to privacy. Join hosts Tom Eston and Scott Wright as they discuss everything from the browser’s memory function to vulnerabilities like indirect prompt injection. Stay informed on how AI browsers could reshape web browsing and cybersecurity.

** Links mentioned on the show **

OpenAI launches ChatGPT-powered web browser. What to know before downloading.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/10/22/open-ai-launches-chatgpt-atlas-web-browser/86833766007/

OpenAI’s Atlas shrugs off inevitability of prompt injection, releases AI browser anyway

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/openai_defends_atlas_as_prompt/

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