Improvements to Web for AI Should Benefit All Users
In Safari’s explanation of why they oppose WebMCP, they captured something I’ve been trying to articulate. In fact, this sentiment should guide any efforts to change the web to support AI agents better. It’s possible that not every enhancement for AI can be structured in a way that supports all of the web’s shared layers, but we should strive to do so first before reaching for solutions that only benefit AI and not the humans the web is supposed to serve.
- ▪In Safari’s explanation of why they oppose WebMCP, they captured something I’ve been trying to articulate.
- ▪In fact, this sentiment should guide any efforts to change the web to support AI agents better.
- ▪It’s possible that not every enhancement for AI can be structured in a way that supports all of the web’s shared layers, but we should strive to do so first before reaching for solutions that only benefit AI and not the humans the web is su
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| Original publisher | Cloud Four |
| Canonical URL | https://cloudfour.com/thinks/improvements-to-web-for-ai-should-benefit-all-users/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:42:40 +0000 |
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Improvements to Web for AI Should Benefit All Users By Jason Grigsby Published on June 15th, 2026 June 15th, 2026 Topics Accessibility AI Standards 🧏♀️ 👩🏽🦼➡️ 🤖 👵🏿 🧒🏼 👨🏻🦯 👩🏾 🤖 👨🏽 🧓🏻 🧑🦽 🤖 🧑🏼 👩🦳 🧑🦲 🧏♂️ 👩🏾🦯➡️ 👨🏿 🧓🏽 👩🏻🦰 🧑🦼 🤖 🧏🏿 👩🏼⚕️ 👨🏼🦽 🤖 👴🏾 👧🏻 🥷🏻 🧑🏽🦯 👨👩👦 👩🏾🦱 .c4emoji { font-family: "Apple Color c4emoji", "Segoe UI c4emoji", "Noto Color c4emoji", "Android c4emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 3em; transition: opacity .4s ease-in-out; } .c4emoji:not(.agent) { opacity: 0; } .c4emoji.reveal { opacity: 1; } const c4emojis = document.querySelectorAll(".c4emoji:not(.agent)"); const shuffled = [...c4emojis].sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5); setTimeout(() => { shuffled.forEach((c4emoji, i) => { setTimeout(() => {…
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