Opera Neon, the corporate’s newest synthetic intelligence (AI) agent-powered browser, was unveiled on Tuesday. The Norwegian tech big mentioned that the brand new browser expertise was being developed for the agentic internet, and it reimagines how a browser appears to be like and capabilities. It’s centered on constructing AI-powered agentic workflows that both work alongside the person or carry out duties autonomously within the background. Whereas the corporate didn’t present any launch dates, it mentioned Opera Neon will launch quickly with restricted, invite-only entry.
Opera Unveils Its AI Agent-Powered Internet Searching Platform
In a sequence of posts on X (previously often known as Twitter), the official deal with of Opera introduced the brand new agentic internet browser. Describing the brand new browser, the corporate mentioned, “Opera Neon can browse with you or for you, take motion & show you how to get issues completed.” Notably, the corporate will first present entry to the browser to its group members on an invitation foundation, and later it will likely be obtainable as a part of a paid subscription. Opera has additionally opened a microsite for the online browser the place people can join a waitlist to get invited to attempt it out.
Opera Neon primarily has three options. First is named Chat, which is a chatbot-like expertise the place customers can kind their queries in pure language and the AI agent will discover the knowledge and share it. It seems to work like another AI chatbot with an online search perform. It may well additionally generate textual content, translate, analysis matters, and extra.
The second function, dubbed Do, is described as a browser-based agent that may full sure duties corresponding to reserving a desk at a restaurant, planning a visit, and including merchandise to the cart. It’s powered by the corporate’s just lately unveiled Browser Operator AI agent, and it could full duties autonomously within the background.
Lastly, Make is the corporate’s most formidable providing. It may be used to construct an internet site, create a doc, or to develop a retro recreation. The corporate didn’t delve deep into its workings, however based mostly on the outline, it seems to be powered by a coding agent, much like OpenAI’s Codex.
No different options had been revealed at the moment. Nevertheless, the corporate highlighted that Opera Neon will act as its playground to check new and modern agentic options.
