Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?
How Chrome Ate the Web
Yesterday Mozilla’s new CEO announced that Firefox will “evolve into a modern AI browser.” The internet melted down.
How might a browser be developed?
There’s a confluence of things that have happened recently that have made me question how browsers might be developed: On January 8th 2026, Simon Willison predicted that someone will build a browser using mainly AI-assisted tools within 3 years On January 27th 2026, one human and one agent built a browser from scratch (great experiments) On the 19th February 2026, news came out that Taalas had a chip that can spit out nearly 17,000 tokens per second by baking a model onto the chip. I would like to indulge in a little bit of projection and in my case, some science fiction of my own.
Atlassian Buys The Browser Company, Browser Wars, Why Atlassian
Atlassian bought The Browser Company, seeking to deliver an AI-enabled browser for work. It’s a reasonable bet, but I’m skeptical that browsers are the future.
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
Browser Use - The way AI uses the internet
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AI controls are coming to Firefox | The Mozilla Blog
AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We’ve also heard from
Why build a new browser? From intuition to reality - Blog | Lightpanda
Three years ago when we started Lightpanda, we asked ourselves a seemingly simple question what would a browser look like if it were built specifically for automation?
Why Google’s New AI-Saturated Search Page Will Be A Disaster
Google didn’t invent full-text search of the Internet – that honor belongs to early pioneers such as WebCrawler, Lycos and AltaVista. But for the last 25 years or so, Google has…
Reimagining Web Infrastructure for the Age of AI Agents
How core internet components will transform for an agent-driven web and the new opportunities for startup founders
Reimagining Web Infrastructure for the Age of AI Agents
How core internet components will transform for an agent-driven web and the new opportunities for startup founders
The new Surf browser shows why everyone’s trying to connect AI to the web
A startup called Deta built a browser with a chatbot that can help you browse, organize, and understand the entire internet. It’s very cool.
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
