Why Sam Altman and OpenAI are making a web browser

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• OpenAI is working on a web browser.
• Wasn't that the big thing in the 1990s? Why would Sam Altman and Co. be interested?
• It might not seem like it at first, but a web browser makes sense.

OpenAI kicked off the AI boom with ChatGPT in 2022. It plans to make some kind of mystery gadget with famed Apple designer Jony Ive.

It is also working on … a web browser?

Yes: Sam Altman and company are working on a web browser — something...