Microsoft NLWeb Open Project for AI-Powered Natural Language Interface for Websites Unveiled
NLWeb was announced at Microsoft’s Build 2025 as an open-source project that will essentially change how we interact with the web. Imagine AI-side websites answering your questions in plain English! ‘NLWeb,’ or Natural Language Web, is the answer to this. This initiative could be to AI-driven websites what HTML was to the original Internet-a foundation that will bring forth a new-age, conversational online experience. Rigid search queries are out; NLWeb allows for websites to understand you and reply back.
Microsoft Says NLWeb Will Turn Websites Into AI Apps
Please forget search boxes. Microsoft has revolutionized the entire notion of websites with its AI invention called NLWeb. Imagine every web page as an independently intelligent entity, instantly processing your question in plain English. It is not just a matter of retrieving information; it is a matter of conversational interaction with the web. NLWeb promises to put an end to awkward search bars by placing intuitive chatbots powered by AI in their stead, thereby forever reshaping human interaction with the internet.
The already immerse website in static way. Just think through an AI app working on the website towards a two-way interoperation with the users concerning content. It is an AI-built mechanisms capable of instant coaching with your website and able to give answers to queries in natural language. However, NLWeb is much above the chatbot-builder platform; it enables new kinds of interaction experiences for websites.
Imagine a web where every AI-powered site doesn’t merely come to an end but serves as a vital connection. This is NLWeb’s promise. Each site acts as a “Model Context Protocol” (MCP) server, a universal language by Anthropic that allows AI systems access to the world’s data. By choosing to adopt MCP, the NLWeb sites become data-first, accessible to any AI agent, and active contributors to a collaborative knowledge ecosystem. It is not just a website; it is a venue where the AI is invited to learn, discover, and work on the collective intelligence of the web.
Imagine the web reinvented: NLWeb. Not a walled garden: NLWeb opens the entire universe of interconnected websites that are instantly accessible to some AI. Data is free to move around, enabling intelligent agents that can not only read butdo. Think of it as HTML for the era of AI, where websites really get interacted with instead of just being viewed. The future is under construction by NLWeb.
Imagine a web where AI agents are no longer mere shopping bots, but rather smart digital negotiators. Microsoft envisions NLWeb as the Internet 2.0 swelling with such intelligent assistants. Just think about an online purchase being nothing compared to an AI confidently negotiating a price with given sales reps, analyzing warranty conditions, and dealing with returns all alone. NLWeb could open doors to the next generation of browser-based agentic tools, making high-level AI-driven tasks an everyday occurrence.
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Microsoft has indeed placed a huge bet on open source in the name of championing the platform that plays nice with everyone: all the major OSs, leading AI models, and popular vector databases. The mastermind behind the show? RV Guha, the newly minted Corporate VP and Technical Fellow, who conceived and implemented NLWeb on his own.
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