12/04/2023

The Rise of AI in Alternative Browsers

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Josh Miler laughs a few minutes into our conversation and admits that he almost declined today’s interview about The Browser Company. The young CEO is jetlagged from a flight to Paris but appears comfortable over Zoom and eager to talk about Arc, his company's new AI-fortified web browser. So, what’s the reason for his hesitancy?

"We weren't sure if we wanted more people to use it," said Miller. "It’s legitimately a problem how [many] people are interested." In other words, the Arc browser is too popular—a pretty enviable problem for a software entrepreneur.

On the cover of our 1997 March issue, WIRED editors declared, "The Web browser itself is about to croak." Whoops! A quarter century later, not only are browsers still here, ribbiting along, but developers continue to update the user experience. The latest upgrade? Generative AI, of course.

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