The Chinese startup Butterfly Effect's viral AI platform Manus has inadvertently boosted the visibility of Browser Use, an AI tool designed to enhance web accessibility for automated tasks. Following a viral social media post, Browser Use's daily downloads surged from 5,000 to 28,000 within just a week. Co-creator Gregor Zunic attributes this success to Manus's utilization of Browser Use, reflecting a growing interest in web agents. Launched in partnership with Magnus Müller, Browser Use allows AI models to interact with website elements and has become a top GitHub repository.
"The past few days have been really wild. We are the biggest trending repository [on GitHub], got loads of downloads and all that actually converts to big usage numbers."
"We thought web agents - agents that navigate websites and web apps autonomously - were going to be the 'big thing' in 2025."
"What started as casual brainstorming over a few lunches turned into a challenge: let's build something small, throw it on Hacker News, and see what happens."
"Brower Use extracts a website's elements - buttons, widgets, and so on - to allow AI models to more easily interact with them."
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