AI and web browser
The future of browsing is AI, it watches everything you do online. Security and privacy are two different things; they may look same, but it is different for people who specialize in these two. Threats to your security can also be dangers to privacy.
Threat for privacy and security
Security and privacy aren’t always the same thing, but there’s a reason that people who specialize in one care deeply about the other.
Recently, OpenAI released its ChatGPT-powered Comet Browser, and Brave Software team disclosed that AI-powered browsers can follow malicious prompts that hide in images on the web.
AI powered browser good or bad?
We have long known that AI-powered browsers (and AI browser add-ons for other browsers) are vulnerable to a type of attack known as a prompt injection attack. But this is the first time we’ve seen the browser execute commands that are concealed from the user.
That is the aspect of security. Experts who evaluated the Comet Browser discovered that it records everything you do while using it, including search and browser history as well as information about the URLs you visit.
What next?
In short, while new AI-powered browser tools do fulfill the promise of integrating your favorite chatbot into your web browsing experience, their developers have not yet addressed the privacy and security threats they pose. Be careful when using these.
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