Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

AI Agents in your browser: Work Cheat Code or too Risky?

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Nov 21, 2025
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Maxime Vermeir
Maxime Vermeir, Senior Director of AI Strategy at ABBYY, delves into the intriguing world of agentic browsers—browser-level AI tools that can streamline tasks. He weighs their potential for incredible productivity against serious risks, such as compliance and data security issues. Maxime highlights common automation use cases like expense reporting and data transfer while discussing the challenges enterprises face in adopting this technology. The conversation uncovers the fine line between embracing efficiency and navigating legal uncertainties in the age of AI.
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ANECDOTE

Running Two Agentic Browsers Side-By-Side

  • Jordan ran ChatGPT's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet on the same podcast-editing task to compare behavior.
  • He worried one browser might accidentally delete or publish episodes while automating work.
INSIGHT

Browser Context Makes Agents More Potent

  • Agentic browsers combine browser context and user data to perform tasks with more personal relevance than siloed chat agents.
  • That deeper access makes them powerful but also raises unknown enterprise risks around compliance and control.
INSIGHT

Agentic Browsers Echo RPA With More Context

  • Agentic browsers resemble robotic process automation but operate at a higher, more contextual level.
  • That resemblance helps adoption because browsers already interface with many web systems.
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