http://programmer.ie/tags/open-web/ Recent content in Open Web on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/browser-ai-from-first-principles/24-chapter/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/browser-ai-from-first-principles/24-chapter/ <p>A platform decides what enters a feed, how it is ranked, which controls are prominent and which forms of automation are available.</p> <p>The user may select among the settings the platform offers. That is not the same as controlling the interface.</p> <p>Browser AI creates the possibility of another layer: software acting locally, under rules the user can inspect, across sites and independently of one model provider.</p> <p>This chapter assembles the system we have built and defines the limits of that claim.</p>