2025-10-25
When your AI browser becomes your enemy: The Comet security disaster
Remember when browsers were simple? You clicked a link, a page loaded, maybe you filled out a form. Those days feel ancient now that AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet promise to do everything for you — browse, click, type, think.
But here's the plot twist nobody saw coming: That helpful AI assistant browsing the web for you? It might just be taking orders from the very websites it's supposed to protect you from. Comet's recent security meltdown isn't just embarrassing — it's a masterclass in how not to build AI tools.
How hackers hijack your AI assistan [...]
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