New from my Web AI Lab: I’ve built an “article assistant” for my site that runs using local AI in the browser (via Chrome + Gemini Nano) when available — and falls back to a cloud model when it isn’t.
Before you dismiss this because it's AI, I think this has huge implications for the #OpenWeb. Instead of sending every interaction to BigTech clouds, users can increasingly run AI on their own device: better privacy, lower cost & more user control.
Check it out: https://ricmac.org/2026/03/19/article-assistant-local-ai-browser/ #WebAI
Nico Martin (@nic_o_martin)
브라우저에서 AI 실행을 쉽게 해주는 신규 기능 공개 소식입니다. Transformers.js의 AgentSkill을 출시해 웹앱 내에서 온디바이스 ML 모델을 구동하도록 코딩 에이전트에 필요한 정보를 제공하고, 브라우저 기반 AI 통합을 단축·간소화한다고 안내합니다.
Getting started with AI in the browser has never been easier 🤗 Today we're releasing the Transformers.js #AgentSkill, your shortcut to running ML models in the browser. It provides all the information your coding agent needs to add on-device AI to your web app.
In most enterprise environments, third party cloud-based STT is a non-starter. That usually leaves us with mediocre OS defaults.
My colleague @paul 's "Utter" Chrome extension fixes this by keeping the intelligence loop local. It uses the WebSpeech and Prompt APIs to transcribe and polish your "train of thought" entirely on-device. 🛡️✨
A productivity unlock for AI agent workflows without the data leakage.
Give it a spin: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/utter/eejdhhjghkhkfejhbceeknhebhegijee
Over the past few months I’ve been exploring what I think of as the Web AI stack — the emerging intersection of artificial intelligence with the open web. As part of that exploration, I built a small experiment for my personal website: an AI chatbot called Ask Ricmac. Its purpose…
Earlier this month, I was laid off from my job as senior editor at The New Stack. While I figure out what’s next, I resolved to dive into a technology stack I’ve been deeply interested in for a while: Web AI. Only this time not just writing about these technologies,…
Earlier this month, I was laid off from my job as senior editor at The New Stack. While I figure out what’s next, I resolved to dive into a technology stack I’ve been deeply interested in for a while: Web AI. Only this time not just writing about these technologies,…
The wait is over! The @httparchive has officially released the 2025 Web Almanac. I led the new #GenerativeAI chapter. 🚀
It "delves" ;) into the hard data to see how AI is being integrated into the web. We analyzed millions of pages to understand:
➡️ How devs are deploying client-side AI.
➡️ Adoption rates of GenAI SDKs & APIs.
➡️ The usage of llms.txt & robots.txt.
➡️ The impact of AI on web content (🟣 indigo-500, anyone?).
Read more: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/generative-ai
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