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Thoughts on AI browser agents, browser automation, and building dassi.
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Support Agents Are Burning Out on the Same 12 Questions
Most support tickets aren't unique. They're the same dozen questions in different wrappers. A browser-native AI helps without rebuilding your help desk.
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OpenAI Wants to Sell You a Phone. The Browser Already Won.
OpenAI is reportedly building an AI phone where agents replace apps. But the browser replaced apps long ago, and browser agents already do this work.
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Anthropic Launched an Agent Marketplace. None of Them Can See Your Tabs.
Anthropic launched a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce. Cool demo, but those cloud agents still can't touch the browser tabs you're logged into.
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Your Reps Aren't Selling. They're Filling Out Salesforce.
Manual CRM updates burn 14 hours a week per rep and produce data nobody trusts. Browser agents see what reps see, and can type it in for them.
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Mac Minis Sold Out for AI. Your Browser Is Already Local — and Free.
Mac minis are getting marked up on eBay because everyone wants local AI compute. Your laptop already runs a browser, and a browser agent uses it for free.
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My Unread Count Hit 3,847. A Browser Agent Got Me to Zero in Six Days.
A personal story about four months of email paralysis, the OAuth wall that kept me stuck, and the browser agent that finally broke the logjam without tokens.
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Google's New Workspace 'Intern' Only Shows Up for Google Apps
Google pitched its new Workspace AI as an office intern. The intern only reads Gmail, Docs, and Sheets while real work happens in thirty other tabs.
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Three Autoscaling Browser Agents Launched Today. I Have One Browser.
Hacker News is full of autoscaling cloud browser agent launches today. Nobody's asking whether scaling to a thousand headless Chromes solves the real problem.
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Skyvern 2.0 Scored 85% on WebVoyager. Your Logged-In Tabs Don't Care.
Skyvern 2.0 hit 85.8% on the WebVoyager benchmark. It's a real score on a real benchmark. Your actual browser workflow is a different problem entirely.
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S.A.F.E. Wants a Protocol for Invisible AI. Your Browser Tab Doesn't Need One.
A new RFC proposes intent checks for privileged AI agents. Browser-native agents sidestep the problem because you can just watch the tab yourself.
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AI for Non-Technical People: If You Can Send an Email, You Can Use It
You don't need prompt engineering or API keys to use AI. If you can write a sentence to an assistant, you already know how. A real plain-English guide.
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Chaining Browser Actions: A Workflow Pattern That Makes Zapier Look Quaint
How to build multi-step browser automations by chaining actions in a browser agent. A tutorial for anyone tired of glue code and OAuth dances.
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Microsoft Built Another Cloud Agent. It Still Can't See Your Browser.
Microsoft joins the OpenClaw clone race with yet another cloud-hosted AI agent. But cloud agents still can't access your tabs, logins, or real workflow.
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The Real AI Productivity Trap Is the Context Tax
AI productivity multiplier stuck under 2x? The diagnosis blames model quality. The real culprit: users spend 40% of their AI time just providing context.
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Three Ways AI Agents Connect to Your Browser (And What Each One Costs You)
Yamak and new browser agents keep launching. Every one uses one of three architectures. The differences define your privacy, login access, and setup friction.
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Anthropic Banned OpenClaw's Creator. Your AI Agent Is One Ban Away from Dead.
Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw's creator from Claude. If your AI agent depends on a single provider's API, one enforcement action kills the whole tool.
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ChatGPT Pro at $100/Month Is the Wrong Upgrade
ChatGPT Pro gives you more compute at $100/month, but the real productivity bottleneck isn't model power. It's browser context — and that costs $10 to fix.
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Astropad Built Remote Desktop for AI Agents. They're Solving the Wrong Layer.
Astropad Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents. But agents don't need streamed pixels. They need your browser session, DOM access, and login state.
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Google Shipped an Offline AI. Local Browser Agents Got There First.
Google's offline AI app proves the best AI runs where your data already lives. Your browser has your logins and context. Cloud agents start from scratch.
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Every New Browser Agent Needs a Server. Why?
Yamak, Skyvern 2.0, and a new leaderboard all dropped this week. Every one requires Docker and headless Chrome. A Chrome extension just runs.