Technology

Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns

Source

Ars Technica

Published

Aug 27, 2025

TL;DR

AI Generated

Anthropic has introduced Claude for Chrome, an AI agent that can perform tasks like managing calendars and drafting emails. However, concerns have been raised about the security implications of AI assistants controlling web browsers, as malicious websites could potentially hijack these agents. Testing revealed that AI browser agents can be manipulated into harmful actions a significant portion of the time. The Claude for Chrome extension is currently available as a research preview to a limited number of subscribers on Anthropic's Max plan, with a waitlist for others.

Read Full Article

Apple I replica can run ChatGPT — Macintosh Founding Father uses Wi-Fi module to turn relic into AI assistant

Tom's Hardware•

9 months ago

ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Agent, an AI feature that allows its assistant to complete complex tasks independently by controlling its web browser. This new capability combines functionalities from OpenAI's Operator tool and Deep Research feature, enabling ChatGPT to navigate websites, execute code, and generate documents while users oversee the process. Termed "agentic AI," this technology empowers users to delegate tasks like outfit selection, PowerPoint creation, meal planning, and spreadsheet updates to the AI agent. The system leverages web browsers, terminal access, and API connections, including ChatGPT Connectors that interface with platforms such as Gmail and GitHub.

Ars Technica•

10 months ago

Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots

Nearly 1 million browsers have been turned into website-scraping bots by 245 browser extensions available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. These extensions, incorporating the MellowTel-js JavaScript library, have been overriding security protections to scrape websites for a paid service. The extensions offer various functions like managing bookmarks and clipboards, boosting speaker volumes, and generating random numbers. The monetization scheme involves scraping websites on behalf of paying customers, including AI startups, through a close relationship between MellowTel and Olostep, a Web scraping API company. Olostep can parallelize up to 100K requests in minutes and uses the extension users to fulfill customer requests.

Ars Technica•

10 months ago

Dr. L.C. Lu on TSMC Advanced Technology Design Solutions

Dr. L.C. Lu, a key figure at TSMC, focuses on design-technology co-optimization, packaging innovations, and AI-driven methodologies for next-gen semiconductor systems. TSMC emphasizes DTCO and DDCL innovations for scaling from N5 to A14 nodes, with NanoFlex and NanoFlex Pro architectures offering efficiency gains. N2P and N2U nodes incorporate advanced DTCO and power delivery optimizations, with hybrid dual-rail architectures achieving significant energy savings. TSMC collaborates with EDA partners for AI integration, enhancing productivity and design quality. Advanced packaging technologies like CoWoS and SoIC play a crucial role in enabling AI scaling, with memory bandwidth and interconnect performance scaling aggressively. TSMC addresses power delivery and thermal management challenges in AI systems through advanced solutions. TSMC's advancements in design methodologies and AI-driven automation promise improved productivity and scalability in chip-package co-design.

SemiWiki•

5 hours ago