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Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by sindriava »

oceanplexian wrote: post #256

Is OpenAI’s current business model to steal ideas from other companies? CoT reasoning- stolen from Chinese AI labs, Codex is a ripoff of Claude Code. Sora is a low quality clone of Google’s Veo3. Like I thought Sam Altman’s pitch was AGI changing the nature of work not another Perplexity ripoff.

Take this attitude somewhere else, this isn't Reddit.

To set the record straight:

- "CoT reasoning- stolen from Chinese AI labs" I should really hope this point doesn't need correcting. Accusing anyone from stealing of stealing from "Chinese AI labs" is laughable at this point.

- "Codex is a ripoff of Claude Code" Claude Code wasn't the first CLI agent and you could just as easily "accuse" Anthropic of stealing the idea of chatting with an LLM from OpenAI.

- "Sora is a low quality clone of Google’s Veo3." Do you realize video models existed BEFORE you were born, which was apparently yesterday?

- "another Perplexity ripoff." Wait until you hear how Perplexity came to be.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by Yaina »

With these "agentic browsers" you are one prompt injection away from having your data stolen by a malicious website with some form that you cannot see.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by LarsDu88 »

Big pivot towards platform monopoly.

The power of AI is nothing compared to having a big fat network effect monopoly like Meta or Google.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by Skunkleton »

tim333 wrote: post #245
ZeljkoS wrote: post #190

Here are the highlights from the .DMG installer screens ( https://imgur.com/a/Tu4TlNu ): 1. Turn on browser memories Allow ChatGPT to remember useful details as you browse to give smarter responses and proactive suggestions. You're in control - memories stay private. 2. Ask ChatGPT - on any website Open the ChatGPT sidebar on any website to summarize, explain, or handle tasks - right next to what you're browsing. 3.…

I tried making it my default browser because of (4) You miss the most questionable bit which is asking for keychain access. I said no to that one.

A browser using your keychain seems like the least questionable bit, if anything.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by chis »

gh0stcat wrote: post #91

The thing I find the most funny about all of these demos is they outsource tasks that are pretty meaningful ... choosing where to hike, learning more about the world around you, instead, you'll be told what to do and live in blissful ignorance. The challenge of living life is also the joy, at least to me. Plus I would never trust a company like openai with all of my personal information. This is definitely just them…

I can totally see wanting to automate your life like this for work - "re-order that shipment from last week" or "bump my flight a day". But using this for personal stuff, it does seem like a slide towards just living a totally automated life.

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Post by ianbutler »

TranquilMarmot wrote: post #176
mapontosevenths wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try it yourself and ignore the hype. For certain things it can be really useful, just keep in mind that it's early days. I recently used Comet to find out of print movies that were never released on DVD/Bluray, then find them on ebay, then find the best value, then provide me with a list to order. It felt like magic watching it work, and saved me many hours of either doing it myself or scripting it. I did have to rep…

Surely this is something you can do with simple searches...? Unless you're reaching the level of trying to buy dozens or hundreds of movies. https://xkcd.com/1205/

But why? The AI can go off and search and I can do other stuff while it does.

The point is the multiply how much you can get done, simple searches still require me to be present and to do the work of compiling the list myself, this type of busy work seems much better suited to tools like this that take a sentence or 2 to kick off

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Post by kelseyfrog »

cush wrote: post #238
gh0stcat wrote: post #91

The thing I find the most funny about all of these demos is they outsource tasks that are pretty meaningful ... choosing where to hike, learning more about the world around you, instead, you'll be told what to do and live in blissful ignorance. The challenge of living life is also the joy, at least to me. Plus I would never trust a company like openai with all of my personal information. This is definitely just them…

It’s always “Book me a flight” or “write an email”. Like all we do is email people about where we’re flying next

If you've ever wanted insight into what C-suite is doing all day, it's this.

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Post by typon »

TranquilMarmot wrote: post #176
mapontosevenths wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try it yourself and ignore the hype. For certain things it can be really useful, just keep in mind that it's early days. I recently used Comet to find out of print movies that were never released on DVD/Bluray, then find them on ebay, then find the best value, then provide me with a list to order. It felt like magic watching it work, and saved me many hours of either doing it myself or scripting it. I did have to rep…

Surely this is something you can do with simple searches...? Unless you're reaching the level of trying to buy dozens or hundreds of movies. https://xkcd.com/1205/

This xkcd comic doesn't apply anymore due to AI making generating automation code trivial.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by pavlov »

politelemon wrote: post #241
pavlov wrote: post #8

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Since it’s Mac only, it could be WebKit. Definitely not a new browser engine.

It says currently, so it wouldn't make sense to be WebKit.

Who says they can’t use the OS native browser engine on each platform?

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

jryio wrote: post #15

If you think this is useful... remember technology like this would make totalitarian leaders foam at the mouth. If you thought that ads are creepy, Atlas is a root level keylogger service. Why would you want an AI company scraping and recording all of your browser interactions. Yes Google already does this via Chrome. It's one thing to build a predictive model on your demographic, spending, location and income inform…

> Yes Google already does this via Chrome.

Easy solution: Use Firefox except for web developers who need to occasionally check Chrome compatibility.

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