AI Agents Are Stuck in the Terminal
Author(s): Gowtham Boyina
Originally published on Towards AI.
Smooth Gives Them a Browser They Can Actually Use
I’ve watched Agents autonomously refactor entire codebases, write test suites, and debug complex systems. But ask it to check a flight price on Google Flights? It either fails or burns through hundreds of tokens clicking individual DOM elements like a very expensive, very slow human.
Smooth provides a specialized browser interface for AI agents that streamlines the process of web navigation and data extraction, significantly reducing the token consumption and complexity of traditional browser automation. By translating natural language goals into autonomous browsing actions, it enables agents to perform tasks like comparing flight prices or extracting data from multiple sources without the heavy overhead of low-level browser manipulation. The effectiveness of this approach, along with its claimed performance enhancements, positions Smooth as an innovative solution for AI-driven workflows requiring web interaction.
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