Gartner urges businesses to ‘block all AI browsers’ – what’s behind the dire warning

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• AI browsers are too risky for adoption today, Gartner said.
• CISOs need to block them until existing security concerns are reduced.
• Automation is useful, but convenience shouldn’t replace security.

Businesses should steer clear of agentic browsers for now, analysts from research firm Gartner have warned. 

Agentic browsers, otherwise known as AI browsers, are changing how we use browsers to access…