New Microsoft AI that clicks, types and browses like a human runs locally – Futura-Sciences

Meet Fara-7B, Microsoft’s newest artificial intelligence. It’s a smart agent that can navigate the web on its own, handle simple online tasks, and even shop for you — all while keeping your data private. Unlike most AIs that rely on the cloud, Fara-7B works locally, so your information never leaves your device.

While ChatGPT powers Microsoft’s Copilot, the company is quietly developing its own independent technologies. The latest is what Microsoft calls an “efficient agentic model for computer use” — which basically means an AI that can mimic human actions, from typing and clicking to scrolling through web pages.

The model itself, Fara-7B, is what’s known as an SLM, or Small Language Model. With seven billion parameters, it’s much lighter than large-scale systems like GPT-5. That compact design allows it to run locally, keeping all data secure on your own computer rather than a remote server. It’s not quite a full “agentic browser” like Comet…