MIT Technology Review compares two approaches to AI acting on the web: direct screen interaction and service connectors. Reading and clicking existing interfaces can cover many sites but grants broad access to account and screen information. APIs can scope capabilities and permissions more narrowly, with separate controls for payment approval and card-data protection. This is an architectural analysis, not a universal launch of a new standard. Adoption decisions should examine what data an agent can read and which actions it can take without approval, alongside task success.