Why is Microsoft offering to turn websites into AI apps with NLWeb?

出典:Computerworld

記事の概要

Microsoft's NLWeb research project aims to transform conventional websites into an interactive API-like interface for artificial intelligence models.

  • NLWeb dynamically generates "natural language functions" or "tool functions" directly from website elements, enabling Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand and interact with web content beyond traditional retrieval or scraping.
  • This innovative technology allows AI assistants and agents to perform complex actions directly on websites, such as completing forms, navigating pages by clicking buttons, or conducting specific searches, all initiated through natural language commands.
  • The initiative's core goal is to significantly improve the ability of general-purpose AI agents to automate and execute multi-step tasks across the internet by providing them with a sophisticated semantic wrapper over the existing web.