OpenAI Brings Computer Use to Chrome With ChatGPT Tab Controls

OpenAI announced on October 15, 2026 that its ChatGPT Chrome extension can now look across a user's open browser tabs, take control of those tabs to complete tasks, and organize and group tabs, extending its computer-use capability to an extension the Chrome Web Store lists at 7,000,000 users. In a series of posts on X from its official ChatGPT account, the company said it was bringing "the power of computer use to anyone who uses Chrome." In the announcement, OpenAI said that in Chat, the...