Chrome's Auto Browse AI Agent Scores 6.5/10 in Tests, Struggles with Gmail and YouTube Despite Promises of Automation
Summary
Chrome's new Auto Browse AI agent achieves mediocre 6.5/10 test scores, successfully handling basic tasks like finding power plans but surprisingly failing with Google's own Gmail and YouTube while requiring constant user supervision and taking up to 20 minutes per task.
Key Points
- Chrome's Auto Browse AI agent scores an average of 6.5/10 across six tests, demonstrating capability in tasks like finding power plans and creating websites but struggling with Google's own products like Gmail and YouTube Music
- The agent requires constant supervision and frequent re-prompting, failing to operate autonomously as users must watch and guide it through tasks that often take 15-20 minutes to complete
- Auto Browse cannot monitor web pages over extended periods, lacks arrow key functionality, and performs poorly with spreadsheets while refusing to edit public wikis for ethical reasons