MacStories Weekly: Issue 497 - January 23, 2026

An Actually Productive Experience with “Agentic” AI Browsers…?

Federico

As I shared on AppStories a few months ago, I’m very skeptical of this new wave of “agentic” AI browsers that promise to take interactions with webpages off users’ hands and into their LLMs. They’re slow and riddled with security risks for prompt injection and data exfiltration attacks, and – honestly – most of the...

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Federico Viticci
Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.
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