Makers of the Brave web browser are developing a privacy-focused, user-first search engine.

And somewhere in there is The Browser Company’s big idea about the future of web browsers — that a browser, a search engine, an AI chatbot, and a website aren’t different things.

Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? A new Arc browser feature summarizes search results on a single web page and creates on its own, cheating websites.

Brave, the privacy-focused browser that blocks third-party ads and trackers by default, is switching to using its own search engine by default, the company has announced.