I gave ChatGPT access to my mess of open Chrome tabs — and it turned my browser clutter into something genuinely useful
You may like I used ChatGPT to enhance my resume and job hunt I gave Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.6 access to my entire digital life I gave ChatGPT 7 extra words and the answers instantly got better I especially wanted to see how it did with tasks that normally involve lots of tabs and scrolling. I wanted to try the three features OpenAI had highlighted most heavily in its announcement: YouTube understanding, awareness of multiple open tabs and the ability to work directly with highlighted text. They sound fairly modest on paper, but each one removes a different piece of friction from everyday browsing.1.
- ▪You may like I used ChatGPT to enhance my resume and job hunt I gave Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.6 access to my entire digital life I gave ChatGPT 7 extra words and the answers instantly got better I especially wanted to see how it did with
- ▪I wanted to try the three features OpenAI had highlighted most heavily in its announcement: YouTube understanding, awareness of multiple open tabs and the ability to work directly with highlighted text.
- ▪They sound fairly modest on paper, but each one removes a different piece of friction from everyday browsing.1.
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AI Platforms & Assistants OpenAI ChatGPT I gave ChatGPT access to my mess of open Chrome tabs — and it turned my browser clutter into something genuinely useful Features By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 12 August 2026 Gemini has some browsing competition When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: OpenAI) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I usually use the ChatGPT website to engage with the AI chatbot, but I've recently been experimenting with the various browser extensions and other methods of talking to it.
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