Whatever Happened to AI Browsers That Were Going to Kill Chrome?
cdrfrk · reddit · 2026-09-15
An HN discussion revisits the AI browser hype: they were supposedly going to kill Chrome/Safari, buy stuff at better prices, book tickets, and skip ads. Months later, the space has gone quiet. The thread explores whether these products simply aren't good enough yet — given reliability problems of agents in real web environments — or whether the pitch was doomed once browser vendors built in their own AI.
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