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What do you think about agent-based web scraping?

This story is from 2026-08-31. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

With tools such as the MCP-based browser solution released by Vercel Labs, as well as ChatGPT’s ability to interact with Chrome when given the necessary permissions, AI agents can now access websites and collect data quite effectively. In the past, I collected data using scripts built with Playwrig…

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  1. 2026-08-31 02:55 · r/AI_Agents
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