AI is shifting from chat windows to the environments where we already work. This article explains why browser-embedded agents are breaking out now, what they actually do, and how environment specialization sets the stage for industry-specific assistants.
The digital human integration tax is the cost of integrating data from multiple sources into a single system. It is the cost of moving information around. AI agents will not solve this problem, but will suffer from it. what is next?
The new agentic digital economy is a new way of doing business, it is a new way of working, it is a new way of thinking. It is a new way of living.
Vendors will converge on a neutral AGENTS.md-style instruction file due to market incentives-Hotelling drift and Schelling focal points-reducing friction while competition shifts to experience, tooling, and integrations.