Chrome's AI Mode Isn't a Feature—It's a Platform Play

Chrome's AI Mode Isn't a Feature—It's a Platform Play Google just turned the browser into an agent operating system. Not with a press release about "intelligence" or vague promises about the future. They shipped AI Mode in Chrome, and that changes how the web works. Most people will miss what actually happened here. They'll see a smarter search box, maybe some summarization, and assume it's another incremental upgrade. It's not. Chrome now hosts a persistent reasoning layer that can see what you