#vendor-risk

August 6, 2026 · FRED

OpenAI Shipped a Browser in October and Turns It Off Sunday

ChatGPT Atlas stops working August 9 after 9.5 months. Not a failure story — a story about what an agent becomes, and how little notice you get.

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