Oxylabs, a major web intelligence platform and proxy provider, has announced the launch of Oxylabs AI Studio, a groundbreaking platform designed to host advanced AI-based web scraping applications.
With four innovative applications now available, users can register and explore these tools for free, marking a significant step forward in the accessibility of web scraping technology.
Natural language prompts
"All the apps available on AI Studio follow natural language prompts. Thus, operating them requires only a minimal understanding of web scraping,” said Julius Černiauskas, CEO of Oxylabs.
“This way, we enable more developers, interested in public web data, to work on their projects and enhance their skills. At the same time, we are learning which of our experimental apps answer the current market needs, signalling the direction for our future efforts."
Extracting valuable data
The AI Studio features an AI-Crawler that enables users to utilise natural language prompts to crawl websites
The AI Studio features an AI-Crawler that enables users to utilise natural language prompts to crawl websites, starting from a specified URL.
This application can efficiently find relevant pages and extract valuable data.
Another app, the AI-Scraper, allows users to describe their scraping needs in plain English, resulting in parsed data tailored to their specifications.
Large language models
Another standout feature is the Browser Agent, an AI-driven tool that mimics human activity while browsing websites based on natural language instructions. The fourth application, AI-Search, autonomously searches the web to find information requested by users in straightforward English.
Oxylabs AI Studio is suitable for both private web scraping projects and business use cases. Users can choose what platform features they want to use and how.
They can either carry out all the crawling, scraping, and parsing tasks on the platform or request only minimal services, integrating them into their internal systems and using large language models (LLMS) on their side.
Empowering the web scraping community
AI Studio comes after the success of OxyCopilot, the first-ever AI copilot for web scraping
"We want to empower the web scraping community, giving them all the control and flexibility they need. Thus, we plan to increase the platform's flexibility and integration capabilities as we move forward," said Černiauskas.
AI Studio comes after the success of OxyCopilot, the first-ever AI copilot for web scraping, introduced last year.
At that time, market research uncovered that 77% of web intelligence professionals have tried using AI-powered web scraping tools, with 86% stating that it saves time and resources. Thus, further innovation in this direction —automating and democratising public web data gathering —was always on the horizon for Oxylabs.
Keeping the innovative edge
In the future, the company plans to increase the number of apps on AI Studio. One of the goals of the platform is to put the AI applications developed by the company’s research and development department into action as soon as possible.
Juras Juršėnas, Chief Operations Officer at Oxylabs, emphasised the importance of keeping the innovative edge even as one grows into a bigger company. "At Oxylabs, we are always about experimenting and being at the forefront of innovation.”
“Thus, when it comes to fast-moving industries like AI, we want to keep up with its pace and move with the agility of a startup, even as our company continues to grow. And this is what AI Studio is all about. It allows tools to meet their real-life applications and unlock their potential as soon as they become viable." With the launch of AI Studio, Oxylabs is poised to deliver innovative solutions to the market at an unprecedented pace, reinforcing its commitment to leading the way in web scraping technology.
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