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valar12@reddit

What would I benefit from using it? What would my orgs? I see no value in using that method in its current release state.

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It could return pertinent information from your document base as a AI powered search query. The only issue here is that most organizations document base is a nightmarish junk drawer of content with horrible data governance. I don't google anymore, not anywhere near the level I used to. I feel like 'ai browsers' are just a way to start with an LLM search and then check the returned sources without switching between apps. Or am I missing something?

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valar12@reddit

If I were to use LLMs to manage and organize information at an enterprise level the control plane would not be at the browser level but at the data repository level. It's interesting that SharePoint knowledge agents are in preview but close to what you described as a solution to "sanitize" data for LLM ingestion.

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ScriptThat@reddit

I don't need AI to go the the limited suite of websites I use on a daily basis, and if I feel I need any AI features I'll go to whatever site-based AI my company uses, or use a local AI app, or just use search with Bing/Google or any other "AI first" search engines.

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Mr_ToDo@reddit

OK so first my take: I wouldn't let a new coworker bash around on my computer, so I'm not going to trust the equivalent of a new intern have carte blanche on my more or less direct connection to the internet And as for security issues. The biggest one that gets pointed out is that they are, at least now, vulnerable to prompt injections when it interacts with the internet. And depending on how sandboxed it is or isn't could wreck all kinds of trouble on you And as many people in this thread has said, unless the AI is entirely local there's going to be an issue with data leaving your control Oh, and it has the potential to amplify the mistakes of dumb users. You don't need a prompt injection to have a user ask for something stupid and have the browser fulfill their wishes I think if you limited it's ability and required user consent at any given stage it might be okish(Also self hosting whatever AI it's using for good measure) I think that if companies want to do *anything* with AI they should consider something more self hosted, and restricted(I also wouldn't trust an intern with read only access to the entire companies data either. Going to leak across silos at some point)

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benderunit9000@reddit

We block them. There's no reason for it.

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Valdaraak@reddit

>What is everyone’s take on AI Browsers? Blocked on sight. Their entire goal is to harvest as much data as possible. Perplexity's CEO has [*literally* said that](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/). Not even trying to hide it.

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rdesktop7@reddit

F that.

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twolfhawk@reddit

Its a key logger without being a key logger.

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theHonkiforium@reddit

Nah, it's a key logger alright, but you aren't the one who gets the logs. :)

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Igot1forya@reddit

The only way I'd trust an AI browser is if I can self-host whatever model it's talking to. Sounds like a coding project to make my own.

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mysticteacup@reddit

Yeah, self-hosting gives you full control. Definitely a project, but doable if you’re up for it.

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Khabarach@reddit

A self hosted model isn't nearly enough defense against how trivial these are to abuse: https://brave.com/blog/comet-prompt-injection/

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FoxFired@reddit

That... is terrifying? And seemingly very easy to abuse?? Ignored by the creators as well...

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arttechadventure@reddit

Wow, that's terrible and horrifying. I wonder if Gemini functions the same way on Chrome.

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EchoInPixels_@reddit

I am currently watching this fascinating video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=72e_0WxaQl0&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD I have a blog... Why not embedding funny stuff in it as a human invisible text. Invisible as LLM don't understand CSS Who does anyway?

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zipcad@reddit

Data harvesting browser

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Round-Classic-7746@reddit

yep, “AI-powered” but really just an all-access data grabber for your Mac. Would not trust it with anything sensitive.

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ineedhelpwiththis_@reddit

Yeah, this exactly. At the end of the day it's just another layer of telemetry dressed up as a feature. The "AI" part is just the shiny wrapper to get people comfortable handing over even more browsing data than they already do.

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FatBus@reddit

Blocked. And in the case of Perplexity, blocked their browser version too.

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Zahrad70@reddit

I mean. Train/platform/tracks. Choose where you want to be. Not like you’re going to stop them. Star talking to management now, present options of who is working with enterprises, who is not, etc.

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ledow@reddit

Same as everything else: If it's on the approved software list you can have it. Otherwise you can't. And if you have it, we deploy configs to lock down the features we don't want you to have. Honestly, nothing's changed here. Just stop working on some 1980's outdated "users can have whatever they damn well feel like because they got annoyed at us when we said No" mentality. If we say you can't use FancyNewAiBrowser, then you can't use FancyNewAiBrowser. If we disable AI search in Chrome, you can't use AI search in Chrome. If you want to change that, you put in a request. If you try to bypass those restrictions after we deny your request, that's disciplinary.

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ninjaluvr@reddit

We don't allow them

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Lao_Shan_Lung@reddit

Their marketing doesn't necessarily reflect their adoption but CEO's intentions of building a new cyberpunk reality where you are scalped of any privacy on the web

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-_-__-_-___-@reddit

Put a camera up your butt. Same thing.

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octobod@reddit

Prompt injection attacks from webpages?

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CantaloupeCamper@reddit

I see no reason to use them.

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theEvilQuesadilla@reddit

I shouldn't be surprised that's a thing. Let me guess, they're all Chromium too? Garbage designed WITH garbage.

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CammKelly@reddit

Can't trust users not to throw the company data into them is about my tl;dr.

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VulpineWelder5@reddit

No benefit, they often suck from my personal observations/experiences, and that's before getting into the idea regarding data harvesting. I just want a browser that works, but just like seemingly every other tech field it's like "can I have something that works?" "ACCEPT THE AI!"

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