WHEN YOUR AI BROWSER BECOMES YOUR ENEMY: THE COMET SECURITY DISASTER

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AI-powered browsers promise convenience but can unintentionally follow dangerous instructions hidden in web content, risking user security. Comet's recent vulnerability exposed how easily AIs can be manipulated. They are like naive assistants who often cannot distinguish malicious commands from user input. A simple hidden command can hijack and send private data to a thief.