OpenAI takes a cautious approach to using Atlas in enterprise environments.
The American group has just launched this “AI browser” based on Chromium. Initially for Macs powered by Apple Dawn Liphardt.
Atlas is accessible to all users of the individual ChatGPT subscriptions (Free, Plus, Pro, Go). It is also available with ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Edu… but in beta. And with limits that OpenAI openly lists.
Atlas Still Lacks Enterprise-Grade Configuration
Among these limits, there is the absence of guarantees of data residency. There is also, in the context of managed deployments, no specific distribution channel, nor version pinning.
Atlas does not, for the moment, fall within OpenAI’s SOC 2 and ISO certifications. It does not emit logs to the Compliance API and it lacks SIEM or eDiscovery integrations.
Some data types may not be covered by the isolation and retention commitments associated with the Enterprise subscription, we are told. Browsing data is part of this, as are data related to agent activity.
On the networking side, Atlas does not allow you to define IP allowlists, nor to configure private ingress. It broadly has no allowlists or blocklists of its own, nor its own RBAC, SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Six MDM keys are officially supported to get started:
- CookiesAllowedForUrls (list of sites allowed to set cookies)
- ExtensionInstallAllowList (list of allowed extensions)
- ExtensionInstallBlockList (list of blocked extensions)
- ExtensionInstallForceList (list of extensions that must be installed)
- ExtensionSettings (extension settings)
- RemoteDebuggingAllowed (allow remote debugging)
Many other Chromium-type keys should work. Official support will be expanded when Atlas reaches general availability on ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Edu.
Recall on Windows, Atlas Gains “Memories”
On Business subscriptions, the browser is available by default in all workspaces. On Enterprise subscriptions, an admin must enable it beforehand.
In both cases, in line with the policy applied to ChatGPT, browsing data are not used to train OpenAI’s models* (they may be used on individual subscriptions; however it’s opt-in).
Another opt-in element: memory. This feature, rolled out on ChatGPT since September 2024, is intended to retain key elements of conversations to improve results. OpenAI had extended it in spring 2025 to help personalize web search results.
It is now integrated into Atlas. It involves sending the web content read to OpenAI’s servers, where this content is summarized, then transmitted back to Atlas to update its “memories.”
Web content is deleted from the server as soon as it has been summarized. The summaries are deleted within 7 days. macOS 26 users have the option to opt for fully local processing. The “memories” themselves are not deleted, but they evolve based on the erased history. It is also possible to archive them so that ChatGPT no longer accesses them.
Atlas also lets you render web pages as “invisible” to ChatGPT. This is adjustable in the settings or via the lock icon in the address bar.
* Regarding the use of conversations, particularly in Atlas’ side panel (Ask ChatGPT), ChatGPT’s settings take precedence.
