ZenHan Corrector: A long time ago, there was a Google Chrome extension called "Sayonara Zenkaku Eisu." It converted so-called full-width alphanumeric characters used on web pages into half-width ASCII characters. At the time, full-width alphanumeric characters were used, especially on newspaper pages, perhaps due to their relationship with the print layout, and in severe cases
A Google Chrome extension called "ZenHan Corrector" has been developed using AI to convert full-width alphanumeric characters to half-width ASCII and half-width katakana to full-width katakana. This functionality was previously provided by the "Sayonara Full-width English/Number" extension, which became unusable after Chrome's Manifest V2 deprecation. The new extension was reportedly created in under three minutes by asking an AI model, and is now available on GitHub. AI
IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability to rapidly generate functional browser extensions for niche tasks.