The latest web browser coming to Opera\u2019s roster embraces AI agents that aim to use the internet for you. The Norwegian tech company describes Opera Neon as an \u201cagentic browser\u201d that has contextual awareness and performs tasks on the users\u2019 behalf, including researching, building, and designing whatever you need.<\/p>\n
Oddly, Opera announced a Neon browser in 2017<\/a> that never took off. We\u2019ll see if it\u2019s more successful this time.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re at a point where AI can fundamentally change the way we use the internet and perform all sorts of tasks in the browser,\u201d Opera senior AI product director Henrik Lexow said in the company\u2019s press release. \u201cOpera Neon brings this to our users\u2019 fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n A notable early adopter feature is an AI engine that Opera says is \u201ccapable of understanding and interpreting\u201d what users request, and then making it with the help of cloud-based AI agents. For example, Opera says that Neon can make games, reports, code snippets, and websites, and can work on multiple tasks even when the user has gone offline.<\/p>\n Opera hasn\u2019t mentioned when this will launch or how much Neon will cost, beyond it being described as a \u201cpremium subscription product,\u201d so there\u2019s currently little information available to back up what the browser is supposedly capable of.<\/p>\n Otherwise, Neon offers AI tools similar to those found in Microsoft\u2019s Copilot<\/a> and OpenAI\u2019s Operator<\/a>. Opera says that Neon users can use a chatbot interface to search the web, answer queries, and get \u201ccontextual information\u201d from the webpage they have open. Opera Neon also features an AI Agent that Opera previously introduced back in March as \u201cBrowser Operator,\u201d<\/a> which allows users to automate routine web tasks, such as shopping, filling in online forms, and booking events or accommodation. Opera says the tool interacts with web page content locally on the browser to preserve privacy and security.<\/p>\n Details about Neon are currently slim, which is the fifth browser in Opera\u2019s quiver, after announcing its mindfulness-focused Air browser in February<\/a>. We will know more about Opera Neon\u2019s real-world capabilities when it fully rolls out into beta \u2014 when, is anyone\u2019s guess as the company won\u2019t provide us a firm date. You can sign up for the waitlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest web browser coming to Opera\u2019s roster embraces AI agents that aim to use the internet for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,12,326,53,16,15,4715],"class_list":{"0":"post-138312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-web"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114584829497913830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}