I remember, pretty clearly, my excitement over the early World Wide Web. I had been on the internet for a year or two at that point, mostly using IRC, Usenet, and Gopher (along with email, naturall…
My journey to the heart of the forgotten internet
Slowly but surely, huge swaths of the internet are vanishing. But the artefacts of the early web are still out there, and they have lessons for the future.
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
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
AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet
Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era
The grand idealism of the free and open internet might be over for now, but in its place falls a more practical mindset. Just like Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs are entering their “Hard Tech” era, the people building web alternatives are also entering their Post-Naive Era. Here are the names to know.
AI Slop and the End of Knowledge
As an early fan of the internet, I was amazed that all the knowledge of the world was becoming available to everyone, everywhere, all the time. But things have changed.
The Web Browser Is All You Need - Paul Klein IV, Browserbase
browser-use/browser-use
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OpenAI is about to launch its new AI web browser, ChatGPT Atlas
It’s time for the AI browser wars
We can have a different web
Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline
AI took the last of the wind out of my Open Source sails. I wish you all the best!
