Details have emerged explaining OpenAIs recent decision to postpone the release of its new open-source model, which disappointed the open-source community. As reported by Reuters on July 13, 2025, citing sources within the company, OpenAI is actively preparing to launch its own AI-centric web browser and is diverting significant engineering and financial resources to this project. This strategic pivot, according to analysts, is one of the most significant in the companys history. Instead of remaining primarily a provider of underlying technologies (models) via API for other developers, OpenAI aims to create its own end-user platform. This move puts the company on a direct competitive path with giants like Google with their Chrome browser and Microsoft with Edge. OpenAIs AI browser, expected to launch "in the coming weeks," will likely be deeply integrated with the capabilities of ChatGPT and future "super assistants." It is expected to be able to summarize and analyze web pages on the fly, compare information from different sources, automate form filling, and perform complex multi-step tasks on user command. The decision to focus on the browser and postpone the open-source model release is a clear signal of a business strategy shift. OpenAI is betting not on the "democratization" of its technologies through open-source, but on building its own closed ecosystem where it can fully control the user experience, data, and, most importantly, monetization. This move takes the competition in the AI industry to a new level, where the main battle will be not for the best models, but for the dominant interface for human-computer interaction.
OpenAI Prepares Its Own AI Browser, Postponing Open-Source Model Release
