{"id":209296,"date":"2023-01-16T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=209296"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:10:45","slug":"introducing-merlin-open-ai-chatgpt-open-source-browser-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/introducing-merlin-open-ai-chatgpt-open-source-browser-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Open AI ChatGPT?: Welcomed  to Merlin browser extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you well know by now, AI tools have become all the rage. You have ones writing content for you and those creating avatars and artistic impressions. There\u2019s a new <strong>open-source browser extension<\/strong> on the block called <a href=\"https:\/\/merlin-open-ai-chatgpt-powered-assistant.en.softonic.com\/windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merlin: Open AI ChatGPT<\/a>, and it\u2019s here to enhance your browsing experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s currently available on <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chrome<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mozilla-firefox.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-edge.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure-browser.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Avast Secure<\/a>, and any browser using Chromium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/pasted-image-0-2.jpg\" alt=\"Merlin: Open AI ChatGPT open-source browser extension\" class=\"wp-image-209300\" width=\"340\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/pasted-image-0-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/pasted-image-0-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/pasted-image-0-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/pasted-image-0-2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merlin lives as a <strong>plugin on your browser<\/strong>, which you can access with Ctrl+M on Windows and Cmd+M on Mac. The AI extension has several functions, the main one helping you write or summarize content. Here\u2019s a quick overview of what it can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reply to an email if you provide the original mail<\/li><li>Summarize online articles from links you paste<\/li><li>Give you advanced formulas for your sheet based on your prompt<\/li><li>Deliver an overview of your thesis or guide that you can give to your readers<\/li><li>Pretty much <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/do-ai-writing-tools-copy-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rewrite an article for you<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Merlin - Launch Video (v2)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znLFd7i7n00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the moment, the developer has made Merlin: Open AI <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/chrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> free to use, but it won\u2019t be like that for much longer. They\u2019re busy <strong>working on a paid version<\/strong> with more functions and no limits. That\u2019s to be expected, as they put in quite a bit of work to make this happen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m personally wondering how many more apps and plugins we\u2019re going to see with ChatGPT as the basis. Even though it\u2019s <strong>open-source<\/strong>, there may come a point that the developers of ChatGPT may want to see some royalties. Wizards of the Coast tried that stunt with Dungeons &amp; Dragons. Fortunately, the gaming community stood up against the ruling and had it retracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any event, Merlin is here to weave its magic on your browser, whipping its virtual wand and helping you write professional content. All of you who are really bad with emails and written interviews can now rejoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/jHurhvgcc4xrfwBWpPZCYFAfAMglHNlVwd1UF54VBQekOIKOtGA6S50e18JSnX1GXaU001G8wZaJ3ahFcgSG_f2FmqVrqjS1bhPmUaSoqr-_s1g6lHiiKyEBktWA10lCYDYQaYokFFQ0NuimEs4YHbfenClB9WVX2jTUUN7RyIXB_t299TPSfJWCD9PXAw\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you well know by now, AI tools have become all the rage. You have ones writing content for you and those creating avatars and artistic impressions. There\u2019s a new open-source browser extension on the block called Merlin: Open AI ChatGPT, and it\u2019s here to enhance your browsing experience.&nbsp; It\u2019s currently available on Chrome, Firefox, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/introducing-merlin-open-ai-chatgpt-open-source-browser-extension\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Free Open AI ChatGPT?: Welcomed  to Merlin browser extension&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":209299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3779],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-209296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-merlin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322599,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209296\/revisions\/322599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209296"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=209296"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=209296"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=209296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}