AI Browser Automation Still Fails at Production Scale
Automation frameworks marketed as AI-powered still depend on rigid selectors and scripted flows that fail whenever UI elements shift, CAPTCHAs appear, or sessions drop unexpectedly. The gap between demo reliability and production reliability is wide and largely unaddressed. Truly adaptive agents that observe and respond to page state the way a human would do not yet exist at scale.
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