Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work
Polar has come out with an AI-first browser aimed at knowledge workers, and it has now raised a $5.7 million seed round led by Madrona.
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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it’s moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension.
OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecurity with an ‘LLM-based automated attacker.’
The glaring security risks with AI browser agents
New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity, but they also come with increased security risks.
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new ‘background assistant’
AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new ‘background assistant’ to handle multiple tasks via Comet.
Opera launches its AI-centric Neon browser
Neon will write code snippets, includes an agent that will do tasks for you, and handles repeatable prompts.