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How AI Browser Agents Actually Drive a Browser, and When a Script Still Wins

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For about twenty years, browser automation meant telling the browser exactly what to do. Selenium, then Puppeteer, then Playwright each made that easier, but every one of them still needed a selector for every click and a wait for every load, and every site redesign meant fixing broken scripts. AI…

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  1. 2026-10-02 18:39 · DEV Community — AI
    How AI Browser Agents Actually Drive a Browser, and When a Script Still Wins

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