Can ChatGPT be placed in Chrome’s side panel to interact with the active webpage in the main window, similar to Gemini’s side panel integration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While you can display ChatGPT’s web UI within the side panel, it cannot automatically read or reference the content of the currently open webpage in the main window. In other words, side-panel ChatGPT does not link natively to your active browser tab. When asked about this, ChatGPT provides the following clarification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEven if displayed in the Chrome side panel, ChatGPT cannot automatically access or recognize the contents of webpages, PDFs, Google Docs, or Gmail threads open in the main browser window.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The only way to achieve this seamless interaction is by installing a third-party Chrome extension that brings multi-model generative AI into the side panel. While Sider<\/strong> is a popular option, its full-featured paid tier exceeds 4,000 yen per month, making it difficult to recommend. The following section explains how to set up and use Monica<\/strong>, a more affordable extension offering comparable capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>7-5: Monica: A Chrome Extension for Accessing Various Generative AIs in the Side Panel<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nMonica is an all-in-one AI assistant Chrome extension that lets you invoke various generative AI models directly from your browser’s side panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>1. Installation and Initial Setup<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- Install the Extension:<\/strong> Search for “Monica” on the Chrome Web Store and click “Add to Chrome”<\/strong> to install it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Account Registration:<\/strong> Sign in via the setup screen that appears post-installation or by clicking the extension icon (quick registration via Google Account or email; a free tier is available).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pinning the Extension (Recommended):<\/strong> Click the puzzle-piece icon (Extensions menu) in the top-right corner of Chrome and pin Monica so you can open it with a single click at any time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>2. Basic Operations in Monica<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n(1) Opening the Side Panel for AI Chat<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Press Ctrl + M<\/strong> (Cmd + M<\/strong> on Mac) to slide the side panel out from the right edge of your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Inside this panel, you can ask questions or draft documents just like in a standard AI chat interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You can switch between underlying AI engines (GPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) instantly by clicking the model icon next to the chat prompt field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Steps to summarize a webpage using Monica:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Click the Monica extension button \u2776.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click the bookmark icon (“Summarize this page”<\/strong>) located above the prompt input field in the side panel \u2777.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The page summary appears directly in the side panel \u2778.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
(2) Selecting Web Text for Quick Translation, Explanation, and Summaries<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
When browsing web articles or foreign news, highlight the text you want to examine with your cursor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- The Monica Quick Action<\/strong> toolbar will pop up immediately next to the selected text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- From there, you can execute Translate<\/strong>, Summarize<\/strong>, Explain<\/strong> (for technical jargon), or Rewrite<\/strong> with a single click.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
(3) Summarizing Webpages, YouTube Videos, and PDFs<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
This feature is especially valuable when you need to digest lengthy research papers, long-form news articles, or extended video content quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- With the target webpage open, bring up the Monica side panel and select “Chat with Webpage” \/ “Summarize”<\/strong> from the menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Beyond active browser tabs, you can drag and drop local PDF files directly into the side panel to ask questions and extract insights from the document.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ChatGPT is a conversational generative AI developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022. Engaging in natural dialogue with users, it supports a wide variety of intellectual tasks including drafting text, organizing information, brainstorming ideas, programming, generating images, and analyzing data. Beyond basic conversation, it is capable of advanced reasoning, code generation, image recognition and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-human-cocreation"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":8,"today_views":1},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsenior.jp\/km\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}