"We are now a few years into the AI revolution, and talk has shifted from who has the best chatbot to whose AI agent can do the most things on your behalf. Unfortunately, AI agents are still rough around the edges, so tasking them with anything important is not a great idea. OpenAI launched its Atlas agent late last year, which we found to be modestly useful, and now it's Google's turn."
"Unlike the OpenAI agent, Google's new Auto Browse agent has extraordinary reach because it's part of Chrome, the world's most popular browser by a wide margin. Google began rolling out Auto Browse (in preview) earlier this month to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, allowing them to send the agent across the web to complete tasks. I've taken Chrome's agent for a spin to see whether you can trust it to handle tedious online work for you."
Auto Browse runs inside Chrome and can dispatch an agent across the web to complete tasks for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. The agent can interact with webpage controls and follow on-page rules, enabling it to perform tasks like playing online games when on-screen controls exist. The agent cannot use keyboard arrow keys and sometimes pauses for long periods while deciding moves. The agent often interprets prompts very literally, stops when it judges no valid action exists even if longer-term moves remain, and requires additional prompting to continue, making it unreliable for important work.
Read at Ars Technica
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