Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot integration has been flagged by independent testers for a troubling privacy gap: the assistant can reportedly read content from non-focused browser tabs — including visible text and, in one user’s test, values entered into form fields such as login credentials — even...
Google has quietly — and decisively — converted Chrome from a passive window onto the web into an AI-powered browsing platform by embedding Gemini throughout the browser, adding a Gemini toolbar button, an AI Mode in the omnibox, and the groundwork for agentic automation that can act on users’...
Google has quietly turned the Chrome toolbar into a direct gateway for Gemini — rolling out what the company calls the “biggest upgrade in its history,” a sweeping set of AI features that embed Gemini natively into the browser, surface an AI Mode in the address bar, and promise future “agentic”...
Chrome is quietly becoming an AI platform — and the consequences are already rippling through privacy, competition, and enterprise planning.
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The past week has delivered three tightly coupled developments that deserve close attention: Anthropic’s pilot of Claude for Chrome...
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Microsoft’s latest survey of Microsoft Edge users reads like a product roadmap with question marks — a quiet probe that, if the signals are read correctly, points to a future where Copilot in Edge moves from summarizer to doer. The questionnaire currently circulating among Edge users asks not...
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Microsoft’s recent user survey — surfaced by reporting from Windows Latest — suggests the company is actively exploring ways to make Microsoft Edge’s Copilot mode behave more like Perplexity’s Comet: not just a summarizer but an agentic browser that can act across tabs and automate multi-step...
Microsoft’s relentless pursuit of an AI-driven web experience has reached a new crescendo with the unveiling of Copilot Mode for the Edge browser, a monumental update that fundamentally redefines what most users expect from their digital gateways. With Google, OpenAI, and even Nvidia-backed...
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Microsoft has introduced "Copilot Mode" in its Edge browser, an AI-driven feature designed to enhance user experience by integrating advanced functionalities directly into the browsing environment. Key Features of Copilot Mode:
Unified Interface: Upon opening a new tab, users are presented with...
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