Computer-use models will agentify the web, not APIs — Dhruv Batra, Yutori

The web will not be "API-fied" for AI agents; instead, computer use models that leverage vision will become the primary drivers of web interaction. Because the vast majority of the web is built for human consumption—often relying on complex, non-standardized rendering rather than clean data endpoints—expecting a transition to universal APIs is unrealistic. Current web infrastructure is too fragmented and slow-changing to accommodate such a shift. Consequently, AI agents must function like human users, navigating through pixels, clicking buttons, and executing code to extract information. As these models improve in accuracy, latency, and cost-efficiency, they will effectively create a new layer of automation on top of existing web messiness, ultimately providing the functional equivalent of an API without requiring websites to fundamentally restructure their underlying architecture.