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If you want to use an agentic browser, consider local AI.
Local AI puts less of a strain on the electricity grid.
The approach keeps your queries on your local system.
Agentic browsers are storming the castle gates, and it looks like things are heating up for yet another browser war; only this time with 'smarter' tools.
From my perspective, that conflict's going to cause a major problem. Imagine if everyone around the globe is using agentic web browsers. Those agentic tasks can take serious power, which could equate to electricity prices skyrocketing and a profoundly negative impact on the climate.
There's a solution for this challenge: local AI.
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