News Summary

• AI browser agents pose a larger risk to user privacy compared to traditional browsers.
• The main concern is around “prompt injection attacks,” a vulnerability that can be exposed when bad actors hide malicious instructions on a web page.
• Brave researchers previously identified this as a problem facing Perplexity’s Comet, but they now say it's a broader, industry-wide issue.
• Without sufficient safeguards, these attacks can lead browser agents to unintentionally expose user data, such as their emails or logins.