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18 AI Chrome Extensions Worth Your Time

They're all free to try and cover a range of different use cases.

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Daniel Nest
Oct 23, 2025
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AI browsers are the new trend.

Opera kicked things off with Neon, followed shortly thereafter by The Browser Company and its Dia browser.1

Perplexity first tested the waters with a Chrome extension, then released its own Comet browser.

And just two days ago, we saw OpenAI’s entry into the field in the form of ChatGPT Atlas.

We’re taking our first steps toward the era of AI-first browsers with integrated assistants that help you navigate the web and even take actions on your behalf.

But if you’re not quite ready to abandon Chrome just yet, there are AI-powered Chrome extensions that often provide similar functionality.

The first generation of these were nothing more than glorified ChatGPT wrappers, but you can now find specialized AI extensions that are actually quite useful.

Let’s look at 18 of them.

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