Cursor's AI-Built Browser Faces High Failure Rate

Cursor's AI-Built Browser Faces High Failure Rate

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Cursor, an AI-integrated development environment company, announced it built a web browser using GPT-5.2, comprising over three million lines of code. Despite the impressive scale, the browser reportedly has an 88 percent job failure rate, indicating significant issues with the code quality. CEO Michael Truell highlighted the browser's features, including a custom rendering engine developed in Rust.