{
  "id": 14999229,
  "title": "ChatGPT Can Peek At Your Chrome Tabs Now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/chatgpt-can-peek-at-your-chrome-tabs-now",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/16/1537233/chatgpt-can-peek-at-your-chrome-tabs-now"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension to allow the tool to access information from a user's open browser tabs. According to The Verge, users can view their tabs by tagging Chrome within the ChatGPT web or desktop app, a capability demonstrated in a video where the AI compares three different open tabs regarding sofas.\n\nThe update also includes improvements to ChatGPT in the sidebar, providing users with their full conversation history while they browse. Slashdot reports that ChatGPT Work can now control Chrome tabs to perform tasks such as filling out forms, sending messages, or downloading files. Additionally, the tool can organize or group open tabs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/chatgpt-can-peek-at-your-chrome-tabs-now",
        "published": "2026-10-15T22:43:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}