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Claude for Chrome

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Re: Claude for Chrome

#131
> When we added safety mitigations to autonomous mode, we reduced the attack success rate of 23.6% to 11.2%, which represents a meaningful improvement over our existing Computer Use capability

Meaningful, sure, it's still way too high for GA.

Re: Claude for Chrome

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post #128

TikTokification of the browser by AI is the killer feature, not writing an email. When on a page it automatically suggests the next site(s) to visit based on my history and the page I am on. And when I say killer, this kills google search by pivoting away from the urlbar and provides a new space to put ads. Spent years in the browser space, on Chrome, DDG, Blackberry and more developing browsers, prototype browser an…

StumbleUpon beat you to it by a couple decades, and most browsers already include some kind of sponsored recommendation feature (that people disable). Recommendation algorithms are essentially a solved problem, no LLMs required.

StumbleUpon but with context so the next page isn't random but likely the thing you were looking for.

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#136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. When I try to get it to do a simple loop (eg take screenshot, click next, repeat) it'll work for about five iterations (out of a hundred or so desired) then say, "All done, boss!" I'm hoping Anthropic's browser extension is able to do some of the same "tricks" that Claude Code uses to gloss over these kinds of limitations.

This has been exactly my experience using all the browser based tools I've tried. ChatGPT's agents get the furthest but even then they only make it like 10 iterations or something.

I have better success with asking for a short script that does the million iterations than asking the thing to make the changes itself (edit: in IDEs, not in the browser).

Re: Claude for Chrome

#138

I don’t know if this will make anything better. Internet is now filled with ai generated text, picture or videos. Like we havent had enough already, it is becaming more and more. We make ai agents to talk to each other. Someone will make ai to generate a form, many other will use ai to fill that form. Even worst, some people will fill millions of forms in matter of second. What is left is the empty feeling of having…

Some of us won’t. But a majority probably will.

Even more important, the kids of today won’t care. Their internet will be fully slopped.

And with outdoor places getting more and more rare/expensive, they’ll have no choice but to consume slop.

Re: Claude for Chrome

#139
post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's insane how we're throwing out decades of security research because it's slightly annoying to have to write your own emails.

My theory is that the average user of an LLM is close enough to the average user of a computer and I've found that the general consensus is that security practices are "annoying" and "get in the way". The same kind of user who hates anything MFA and writes their password on a sticky note that they stick to their monitor in the office.

> the general consensus is that security practices are "annoying" and "get in the way".

Because they usually are and they do.

> The same kind of user who hates anything MFA and writes their password on a sticky note that they stick to their monitor in the office.

This kind of user has a better feel for threat landscape than most armchair infosec specialists.

People go around security measures not out of some ill will or stupidity, but because those measures do not recognize the reality of the situation and tasks at hand.

With keeping passwords in the open or sharing them, this is common because most computer systems don't support delegation of authority - in fact, the very idea that I might want someone to do something in my name, is alien to many security people, and generally not supported explicitly, except for few cases around cloud computing. But delegation of authority is very common thing done by everyday people on many occasions. In real life, it's simple and natural to do. In digital world? Giving someone else your password is the only direct way to do this.

Re: Claude for Chrome

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> Malicious actors can hide instructions in websites, emails, and documents that trick AI into taking harmful actions without your knowledge, including: > * Accessing your accounts or files > * Sharing your private information > * Making purchases on your behalf > * Taking actions you never intended This should really be at the top of the page and not one full screen below the "Try" button.

It has a big banner that says "Research preview: The browser extension is a beta feature with unique risks—stay alert and protect yourself from bad actors.", and it says "Join the research preview", and then takes you to a form with another warning, "Disclaimer: This is an experimental research preview feature which has several inherent risks. Before using Claude for Chrome, read our safety guide which covers risks, permission limitations, and privacy considerations."

I would also imagine that it warns you again when you run it for the first time.

I don't disagree with you given how uniquely important these security concerns are, but they seem to be doing at least an okay job at warning people, hard to say without knowing how their in-app warnings look.

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