New Delhi, May 10 -- After building a rival AI browser to take on Google Chrome, OpenAI has now added the ability for users to control the popular browser using its Codex AI coding assistant. This is possible with the new Codex assistant extension, which OpenAI has launched for Chrome, that allows users to directly control the browser and interact with websites using a user's logged-in account.

The new feature essentially gives Codex access to Chrome for browser-based tasks like reading emails, updating Salesforce records, interacting with LinkedIn, or accessing internal company tools.

After the connection is done, Codex will automatically begin suggesting use of Chrome whenever a task requires access to a logged-in website. Users can a...