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Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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I'm still shocked that there isn't basic functionality in chatgpt that allows you to fork conversations to have subtopical conversational threads off of a main one. For example, I'm asking deep philosophical questions, or maybe reaching for a STEM concept slightly beyond my understanding, and that inevitably requires me to ask subquestions (eg "okay wait, what are Conformal Fields?"). Doing so still forces me to do a…

I came across this that seems to do exactly that https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/chatgpt-side-... It’s closed source though, I haven’t tried it.

Thanks for sharing. I unzipped the .xpi file and threw it through a couple of static malware analyzers. Not seeing anything. Doesn't mean it's safe, but means I might be dumb enough to try it. Looks pretty cool.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

#765

So openAI's answer to Perplexity's Comet. I'm afraid this will be the future, as these AI-browsers do truly bring value. But they open up the gate for a single Big Tech Winner that truly knows everything about you, and can even control everything on your behalf. I really hope open-source Browsers like Firefox follow up soon with better alternatives, like on-device LLMs to counteract the "all in the cloud" LLM approac…

> But they open up the gate for a single Big Tech Winner that truly knows everything about you, and can even control everything on your behalf.

We have had that for over a decade, and the Big Tech is called Google. By owning Android, Google pretty much owns and knows everything about its users. The same applies to Apple.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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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…

After skimming the product page I'm still not sure what extra data exactly everyone is so confident is being gathered/used in a way that Google wouldn't already be doing in Chrome. As far as I can tell, most of these features are already integrated into Chrome but with Gemini. What exact feature in Atlas would need to log your every keystroke? Could they be doing that? Yes. But so could Google and in both cases they'…

> Browser memories let ChatGPT remember useful details from your web browsing to provide better responses and suggestions, while maintaining privacy and user control. Users can opt-in during setup or in Settings > Personalization > Reference browser memories.

> As you browse in Atlas, web content is summarized on our servers. We apply safety and sensitive data filters that are designed to keep out personally identifiable information (like government IDs, SSNs, bank account numbers, online credentials, account recovery content, and addresses), and private data like medical records and financial information. We block summaries altogether on certain sensitive websites (like adult sites).

So the actual content of every page you visit is sent to ChatGPT servers. That is WAY more invasive than anything Chrome does afaik.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

#768

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh good, now that I can have an AI read HN and shitpost for me, I don't even have to do that anymore. Is there any joy left in life?

Detecting genuine human angst in the sea of AI posts

Oh god, I installed the thing. That's not theoretical!

https://imgur.com/a/elcMAkB

The Internet was a mistake. Computers were a mistake. Becoming a multicellular organism, was a mistake.

I'm going to go off into the woods now...

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