# The ChatGPT browser is already dead > Source: > Published: 2026-07-09 20:34:05+00:00 OpenAI is already shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser that could do tasks for you on your behalf, less than a year after launching it. Atlas was announced [in October](/ai-artificial-intelligence/803475/openais-ai-powered-browser-chatgpt-atlas-google-chrome-competition-agent), but as part of its wave of news [about ChatGPT Work today](/ai-artificial-intelligence/963464/openai-gpt-5-6-codex-chatgpt-work), the company confirmed that it will be “sunsetting” Atlas and is targeting an August 9th date for deprecation. # The ChatGPT browser is already dead Less than a year after launch, Atlas is being shut down. Less than a year after launch, Atlas is being shut down. In recent months, OpenAI has also shut down the [video generation app Sora](/ai-artificial-intelligence/899850/openai-sora-ai-chatgpt) and paused plans for a [ChatGPT “adult mode”](/ai-artificial-intelligence/901293/openai-adult-mode-erotic-chatbot-shelved-indefinitely) as it works to [reduce “side quests”](http://reddit.com/) and catch up with Anthropic [on productivity features](/ai-artificial-intelligence/911118/openai-memo-cro-ai-competition-anthropic). In [a thread about](https://x.com/JamesZmSun/status/2075290224327057644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2075290224327057644%7Ctwgr%5E6c8e130455b5aaa9840a043d94cfd131c19e96d8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2026%2F07%2F09%2Fopenai-is-discontinuing-chatgpt-atlas-its-standalone-desktop-browser%2F) the ChatGPT Work announcements, which includes an updated browser in the desktop ChatGPT app and a cloud browser for work mode, OpenAI’s James Sun said that: “All these capabilities were built on what we learned from Atlas users who took a leap of faith on a new browser. You taught us how agents can help make browsing and doing work on the open web better, and we are applying these learnings to these new products.” **Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.