Over the past few years, it has managed to captivate users with ChatGPT, but OpenAI has bigger plans. It wants to create an operating system with ChatGPT at its heart.
Nick Turley, the head of ChatGPT, told TechCrunch that he believes that the company is inspired by browsers, to create an OS. He says that browsers have become the primary tool at the workplace because of web apps. Turley isn't the first one to compare browsers with an operating system. In fact, a couple of browsers were already designed like that, Arc Browser and Dia Browser. The Browser Company's CEO, Josh Miller, had the same idea as Turley.
It's worth noting that back in April this year, Turley had told a U.S. court that OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, if Google were to be forced to sell it. A couple of months later, rumors began circling that OpenAI was building its own AI browser to rival Perplexity's Comet browser. Turley did not confirm the rumors, nor did he deny it, but believes that ChatGPT will evolve into a platform with various apps.
AI-powered is advancing rapidly. In September, OpenAI had added shopping capabilities in ChatGPT, allowing users to buy products from Etsy, and Shopify (coming soon). OpenAI launched apps in ChatGPT earlier this week, with support for Expedia, Uber, Thumbtack, Instacart, DoorDash, Target, Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Spotify and Zillow. These apps are available in English for all users, except those in the European Union. A couple of days ago, I reported about the Spotify app's availability in ChatGPT. A couple of days ago, Google introduced the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
If AI can provide and handle everything a user needs, it eliminates the need for interaction with other browsers or apps. That's sort of what OpenAI seems to think, clearly that is the motivation to create a ChatGPT operating system. Whether that is a good thing for users, and would actually serve as a replacement for Windows, Linux and macOS, is a completely different story. I feel it's a little far-fetched, and possibly difficulty to achieve, in terms of attracting users. An AI-powered browser would likely help win users over far easier than an OS. Not that I like either idea, of course.
What do you think about an AI-powered operating system?
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