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Computer Use & Browser Agents

Agents that operate software the way a person does: looking at the screen, moving the cursor, clicking, and typing, or driving a web browser directly. Introduced commercially in 2024-2025 and now built into AI-enabled browsers. It turns any existing application into something an AI can operate, with no API required.

Key terms

Screen understandingGUI automationBrowser agentAction spaceGrounding

Where you meet it in the real world

Form filling, QA testing, legacy software automation, research workflows