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Google's New Chrome 'Auto Browse' Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You - Wired
Google debuted a new “Auto Browse” feature for Chrome on Wednesday. The tool, powered by Google’s current Gemini 3 generative AI model, is an AI agent designed to take over your Chrome browser to help complete online tasks like booking flights, finding apartments, and filing expenses.
The release of Auto Browse is part of Google’s continued integration of AI features into Chrome. Last year, Google dropped the “Gemini in Chrome” mode to answer questions about what’s on web pages and synthesize details from multiple open tabs.
Auto Browse, which users can access by launching the Gemini sidebar in Chrome, will only be available today in the US to subscribers of Google’s monthly AI Pro and AI Ultra plans. It’s unclear when Auto Browse will become available to nonpaying users and additional countries.
Google’s rollout squares with Silicon Valley’s vision for the future of web browsing, which includes a whole lot more AI and a whole lot less of you. Whether it's a browser designed from inception around generative AI, like OpenAI’s Atlas, or one that’s been retrofitted with new AI-based tools, like Google’s Chrome, almost every option available to consumers now has some level of baked-in AI. (The Vivaldi browser is a notable exception for users who want to avoid AI-powered web browsing.)
The release of Auto Browse is part of Google’s continued integration of AI features into Chrome. Last year, Google dropped the “Gemini in Chrome” mode to answer questions about what’s on web pages and synthesize details from multiple open tabs.
Auto Browse, which users can access by launching the Gemini sidebar in Chrome, will only be available today in the US to subscribers of Google’s monthly AI Pro and AI Ultra plans. It’s unclear when Auto Browse will become available to nonpaying users and additional countries.
Google’s rollout squares with Silicon Valley’s vision for the future of web browsing, which includes a whole lot more AI and a whole lot less of you. Whether it's a browser designed from inception around generative AI, like OpenAI’s Atlas, or one that’s been retrofitted with new AI-based tools, like Google’s Chrome, almost every option available to consumers now has some level of baked-in AI. (The Vivaldi browser is a notable exception for users who want to avoid AI-powered web browsing.)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-auto-browse/]
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after reading this. Thanks for posting. 
