The modern AI boom has led people to associate it with chatbots like ChatGPT. However, a new trend suggests that web browsers are where the next phase of AI development is taking shape.
Chatbots currently lack access to users’ online lives, but this could change with browser-based assistants. A browser’s context, including email and bank account information, is required for AI to become a tool that can take actions on its own.
Recent product releases demonstrate this trend. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent uses a basic browser to complete tasks on behalf of users. Perplexity’s Comet browser takes it further by allowing large language models to access logged-in sites and complete tasks, despite not currently working reliably and being gated to expensive subscription tiers due to high compute costs.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/710313/ai-moves-chatbots-to-web-browser-chatgpt-agent-perplexity-comet