AI Browsers Reshape Web Search Workflows

Tech writer Barbara examines the rise of AI browsers and how recent tools like ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity's Comet and Edge Copilot integrate LLMs to summarize, search, and act on web content. She outlines agentic features, security and privacy risks including prompt injection and data leakage, and contrasts sidebar assistants with autonomous agents. The article assesses productivity gains alongside accuracy, filter-bubble, and privacy trade-offs for practitioners.