Brother Cong had previously recommended the Arc browser (https://arc.net/) to me. His reason for recommending it was that the tabs are on the left side, which allows for a relatively larger visible area.
Recently, they have added many AI-related co-pilot functions in the Act II version of the Arc browser.
These functions combine three aspects:
Web browser Search engine Web pages
Acting as a search agent:
Searching for "True Detective Season 4 trailer," Arc will help you find the content you want and directly open the album on YouTube for playback. Searching for "Video of Steve Jobs unveiling Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad," then opening four video tabs, each being videos of Jobs introducing these four products. Searching for "folder of Vision Pro reviews," directly opening five of the latest review articles.
Acting as an assistant agent:
For example, inputting "reservation for 2 people at either Lilia, Llama Inn, or Kings Imperial."
Then opening various web pages for analysis, and finally completing the reservation on Resy.
Of course, you can also ask various questions like with ChatGPT.
Subsequently, you can click on links in the answers, and Arc will help summarize them for you.
Comparison
Traditional Google search vs. Arc's structured data:
Mobile version
Arc generates a new, more concise page by reading several different web sources.
Live Folders function
It stores content you haven't had time to see yet, and based on the more content you add, it will push content you might like in the future.
Summary
In general, the concept is still good, but personally, I think these functions may pose copyright risks. Moreover, the website content ecosystem needs advertisers' fees to ensure content providers have greater motivation to create and organize content. Bypassing the landing pages and merely collecting and organizing content may encounter significant resistance.