Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week, Federico and John look at the hype surrounding AI browsers to see if there’s any there there. Then, on AppStories+, Federico explains his experiments with lightning-fast alternative AI models in Typing Mind.
Links and Show Notes
What’s the Deal with AI Browsers
• The Browsers
• ChatGPT Atlas – chatgpt.com/atlas
• Perplexity Comet – perplexity.ai/grow/comet
• Dia – diabrowser.com
• Deta Surf – https://deta.surf
• Google Chrome – google.com/chrome
• Microsoft Edge – microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mac
• Security
• The lethal trifecta for AI agents private data, untrusted content, and external communication – simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta
• 2503.18813 Defeating Prompt Injections by Design – arxiv.org/abs/2503.18813
• CaMeL offers a promising new direction for mitigating prompt injection attacks – simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/camel
AppStories+ Post-Show
• Federico’s Typing Mind Experiments
• Typing Mind – typingmind.com
• Kimi K2 from Moonshot AI – together.ai/models/kimi-k2-instruct
• M2 from Minimax – minimax.io/news/minimax-m2
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Timestamps:
00:00 - A Claude Main Course with Some Perplexity on the Side
07:02 - AI Browsers
This week, Federico and John look at the hype surrounding AI browsers to see if there’s any there there. Then, on AppStories+, Federico explains his experiments with lightning-fast alternative AI models in Typing Mind.
Links and Show Notes
What’s the Deal with AI Browsers
• The Browsers
• ChatGPT Atlas – chatgpt.com/atlas
• Perplexity Comet – perplexity.ai/grow/comet
• Dia – diabrowser.com
• Deta Surf – https://deta.surf
• Google Chrome – google.com/chrome
• Microsoft Edge – microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mac
• Security
• The lethal trifecta for AI agents private data, untrusted content, and external communication – simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta
• 2503.18813 Defeating Prompt Injections by Design – arxiv.org/abs/2503.18813
• CaMeL offers a promising new direction for mitigating prompt injection attacks – simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/camel
AppStories+ Post-Show
• Federico’s Typing Mind Experiments
• Typing Mind – typingmind.com
• Kimi K2 from Moonshot AI – together.ai/models/kimi-k2-instruct
• M2 from Minimax – minimax.io/news/minimax-m2
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Timestamps:
00:00 - A Claude Main Course with Some Perplexity on the Side
07:02 - AI Browsers
