Meet Simular: A Computer-Use AI Agent that Browses the Internet With You

It's not often a new AI tool comes along that changes how you feel about your computer. Most AI software systems and tools still expect you to be in the driver's seat all the time, clicking, typing, searching, and sorting. For the average user, it's been a lot of noise. We're told of artificial intelligence (AI) that will change everything, yet our daily grind of emails, reports, and boring web tasks has remained stubbornly the same old manual way.

But what if your computer can actually start helping you in a way that feels natural, like a capable assistant sitting beside you, not an AI chatbot buried behind tabs?

Simular, a Computer-Use AI browser agent for Mac:

Simular is the first AI browser agent built to run with you on your Mac. Simular is a computer-use AI browser agent that browses the internet, working with you, not for you, running locally right on your Mac like a collaborative partner.

The creators of Simular, who previously worked on multi-agent systems at DeepMind, suggest that general-purpose AI won't be perfected in a lab. It needs to interact with people on real-world tasks to improve its performance. This idea is the foundation of their new browser agent for macOS, which can help people with the everyday computer-based tasks that consume their time, allowing them to focus on more important things.

Most AI agents today operate from the cloud, which can be slow, expensive, and raises security questions. Simular works locally on your Mac inside a native WebKit browser, making it a faster, more secure experience where the user is always in control.

The company is open about the current limitations of AI, acknowledging that fully autonomous agents are not consistently reliable. Simular is, therefore, built for cooperation, allowing a person to step in and take over at any moment.

Simular introduces a more grounded relationship between people and AI, focusing on practical collaboration.

Simular main features include:

• On-device autonomy: The computer-use AI agent operates in a local, sandboxed browser on your Mac, meaning your login details and session data remain private and secure on your machine.

• Shared control: You can interact with the browser at the same time as the agent. There's no need for a formal handoff; you can click, type, and edit while the AI agent is working.

• Secure and familiar: Because it uses a native browser, the experience is similar to using Safari. You can log in to sites and use your normal workflows with the agent assisting in the background.

Simular's open-source framework (called S2) has already outperformed OpenAI and Anthropic on real-world digital benchmarks like OSWorld and AndroidWorld. It also leads browser-based agents with a record 90.05% score on WebVoyager.

Real-world use cases of Simular

The company has shown Simular handling a variety of tasks, proving it isn't a concept or demo; Simular is already in use by real people doing real tasks. A few examples:

• Online shopping: Plan an event, generate a list, and add items to a cart. Simular can do this from start to finish but always check with you before making a purchase.

• Research tasks: Simular can navigate browser tabs like a human would to find articles, summarize pages, or scroll through web forms.

• Everyday digital chores: Need to check the status of multiple orders across different websites? Simular can handle repetitive browsing jobs while you focus elsewhere.

In Conclusion:

Simular is offering a different vision for AI's role in our work lives. AI doesn't need to be futuristic to be useful. Sometimes, it just needs to show up where you are and work with you, not for you. It offers a tool that feels more like a capable teammate than a mysterious black box by prioritizing security, user control, and direct collaboration over the pursuit of complete automation.

For an average user, this approach could make AI a more trusted and genuinely useful part of their daily routine. Hence, having an AI agent by your side that actually understands how you work might just be what we need.