Do AI browsers represent the future of perusing the world wide web? The AI industry certainly wants you to believe that they do, just as it promised autonomous AI “agents” could automate tasks on your computer.

But at present, they don’t seem to be all that helpful. The Verge recently tested a bunch of these chatbot-integrated browsers, and came away totally unimpressed. A common theme throughout was that the browsers were janky and at times infuriatingly slow. And despite AI’s promise of providing incredible automation, using them took a lot of effort and trial and error.

“No matter the browser, I kept running into the same fundamental problem: you have to think extra hard about how to craft the right prompt,” wrote The Verge’s Victoria Song. “Stapling an AI assistant to a browser doesn

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