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Some agentic AI browsers may come with major cybersecurity risks

Some agentic AI browsers come with major cybersecurity risks, study finds
Attack concept in which a malicious website leverages a prompt injection and a browser agent’s cross-origin access to circumvent the same-origin policy and steal cross-origin data. Credit: University of Washington

In the last year or so, artificial intelligence companies have rolled out a spate of web browsers equipped with AI agents. A user might ask one of these agents to plan a vacation, and it will open browser tabs to research routes and restaurants, then make reservations and add events to the user’s calendar. How well it does any of this varies.

New research from the University of Washington found that the most powerful of these browsers also open users up to significant cybersecurity risks...

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