Project Mariner is dead, but Google's browser-controlling AI plans are not

Google first announced Project Mariner back in December 2024. An extension for an experimental build of Chrome, Mariner could ...

The Tiny AI Model That Lives Inside the Chrome Browser Hallucinates a Whole Lot

Gemini Nano has lived on devices since 2024, Google told Gizmodo on Wednesday. According to a Google blog post, the tiny ...

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web

Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases ...

OpenAI’s Codex just moved into Chrome, where the useful work and the risks live

OpenAI’s Codex Chrome extension pushes the coding agent into signed-in browser work, making it more useful for real tasks while raising new questions about access, approvals, and agentic AI risk.

Google pulls the plug on Project Mariner, the AI agent that browsed the web like a human

Google has shut down Project Mariner, the AI browser agent that navigated websites by processing screenshots in real time.

Before You Click 'Add To Browser': Why Extensions Are The Next Enterprise Attack Surface

Installing an extension takes seconds, but the access it gains can persist for months or years across every site and session ...
Android

Project Mariner is Over: Google Folds its AI Web Agent into Gemini & Chrome

Google officially shut down Project Mariner on May 4, 2026, ending a 17-month experiment in autonomous web browsing. While the standalone tool is gone, its technology is being integrated into Gemini ...
PC Magazine

Chrome Just Got Better. 5 Browser Tricks You Have to Try

2. Use Vertical Tabs One newer feature Google has added is vertical tabs, which let you view all your open tabs on the side of the browser window, rather than on the top. If it ever feels like the ...