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The Evolution of GUI Agents: From RPA Scripts to...
In 2020, if you wanted to automate a desktop app, you'd write an RPA script — record mouse movements, hardcode coordinates, and pray the UI never changed. In 2024, if you wanted an AI to operate a browser, you'd use a CDP-based agent — one that reads the DOM, parses HTML, and executes tasks inside Chrome. In 2026, there's a model that looks at a screenshot, understands the interface, and clicks, types, and switches windows like a human — no API needed, no HTML parsing, no knowledge of the underl
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