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The company tested 123 cases representing 29 different attack scenarios and found a 23.6 percent attack success rate when browser use operated without safety mitigations. One example involved a malicious email that instructed Claude to delete a user’s emails for “mailbox hygiene” purposes. Without safeguards, Claude followed these instructions and deleted the user’s emails without confirmation. Anthropic says it has …

Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced on Tuesday. The agent, Claude for Chrome, is rolling out to a group of 1,000 subscribers on Anthropic’s Max plan, which costs between $100 and $200 per month. The company is also opening a waitlist for other interested users. By …

Google Chrome vs. Microsoft Edge: Which One Wins the Browser Battle?  PCMag Source link

“It’s not absurd, right?” Christian Kroll, CEO of Berlin-based nonprofit search engine Ecosia, says of his company’s unsolicited request to be granted a 10-year “stewardship” of Google’s Chrome browser, instead of forcing Google to sell it to a competitor. His idea is most definitely absurd, but also clever. On Thursday, Ecosia announced it had sent a proposal regarding Chrome to …

Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently appears to have begun snaffling screenshots of users’ page activity and transmitting them to a remote server without their knowledge – and Google has yet to take it down. “FreeVPN.One shows how a privacy branding can be flipped into …

Google faces an unprecedented challenge to one of its core assets after artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion offer last week to acquire the Chrome browser. The bid comes just a week before Google celebrates 20 years since its initial public offering. The public offer is the first time an external entity has sought to directly acquire …

Chrome is the world’s most popular web browser. But how much longer it belongs to Google is an open question. A court last year ruled that Google had violated antitrust laws by maintaining a monopoly on internet search. A second ruling in April found Google also monopolized open-web digital ad markets. The Justice Department asked a judge to force Google …

Before Wild Chrome Bid, Perplexity Had Been Hunting for Browsers  The Information Google faces loss of Chrome as Perplexity bid adds drama to looming breakup decision  CNBC Exclusive | Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome  The Wall Street Journal Perplexity’s PR Genius  The Information A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion  The New York Times Source link

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google’s Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety would benefit the public, Perplexity said in a letter to Sundar Pichai, the boss of Google’s owner Alphabet. Google’s dominance of the search engine and online advertising market has come under intense …

Microsoft’s new warning is very targeted Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto “Browse securely now,” Microsoft warns Windows users installing Google Chrome. “Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome,” it says, “with the added trust of Microsoft.” This warning is not new, but it’s about to ramp up. Chrome remains the de facto default browser for most Windows users, with almost six-times …