"Anthropic has begun testing a Chrome extension for its Claude AI assistant with 1,000 paying subscribers, positioning it as a potential enterprise productivity tool but raising fresh concerns about security and control in the browser. The move brings Claude into direct competition with Microsoft's Copilot in Edge and Google's Gemini in Chrome, both of which are already weaving AI assistance into everyday workflows. But while Copilot and Gemini are primarily designed to help with tasks like summarizing and answering queries,"
"It can view the content a user is working on, take actions such as clicking buttons or filling out forms, and handle tasks directly within the browser. This highlights how the AI industry is moving beyond simple question-answering chatbots toward autonomous systems capable of completing complex, multi-step tasks across software applications. Anthropic's rollout of Claude for Chrome is deliberately limited, framed as a debugging and security exercise rather than a full launch, underscoring how untested and fragile browser-based AI assistants remain."
Anthropic is testing a Chrome extension for Claude with 1,000 paying subscribers, positioning it as an enterprise productivity tool that competes with Microsoft's Copilot and Google's Gemini. The extension can view user content, click buttons, fill forms, and complete tasks directly within the browser, enabling autonomous, multi-step workflows beyond simple question-answering. The rollout is intentionally limited and framed as a debugging and security exercise because prompt injection and other vulnerabilities remain. Analysts warn that current browser privacy controls and plugins are inadequate, that AI extensions could collect more data and increase privacy intrusion, and that governance and integration challenges may slow enterprise adoption.
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