AI-Empowered Browser Opera Launches Neon, Automating User's Web Navigation Tasks
Opera reveals its newest browser, Neon, designed around an agent-based AI assistant that can perform tasks autonomously for users. This innovative browser, according to the company, is capable of more than just searching for information – it can create websites, reports, code, and even games, all without the user's presence at the computer.
Neon embodies the concept of Web 4.0, a new era of the internet where intelligent agents interact alongside humans. Unlike traditional browsers equipped with chatbot integration, Neon serves as a full-fledged task executor. It understands user intent, breaks down tasks into manageable subtasks, and uses cloud-based AI services hosted on European Opera servers to complete them.
One of Neon's distinguished features is its ability to continue working even after the user logs off. For example, if you begin creating a website or report and close the browser, the AI agent will carry on working in the cloud, and the results will be ready upon your return. The application also supports multitasking, allowing the AI agent to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Privacy is a priority for Neon, with routine tasks like hotel bookings, form filling, and purchases being carried out locally without data transmission to external servers. Instead, the AI agent interacts with the site's Document Object Model (DOM) structure, making navigation faster and more accurate.
The browser interface includes a chatbot offering contextual information from the current page and responding to queries. There is also a Browser Operator mechanism, an AI tool designed for automating web tasks. All these features are available within a single wrapper and are seamlessly integrated with the browser.
Neon will join the Opera family as its fifth browser and will be offered via subscription. No release dates have been announced yet, but sign-ups for the waiting list are already open. Developers aim for Neon to alter our perception of browsers, transforming them from web-surfing tools into digital assistants.
Additional details reveal Opera Neon's functionality:
- The AI-powered sidebar includes dedicated buttons for chat, tasks, and creation, enabling various modes of interaction and automation.
- The AI chatbot interface can handle multilingual input, generate text or images as needed, and provide context-aware assistance related to the web pages being visited.
- The Browser Operator AI agent can autonomously execute tasks such as filling out forms or making travel arrangements within the browser with a single command.
- The "Make" feature allows users to generate websites, games, code snippets, reports, and other content based on text prompts, leveraging cloud-based virtual machines for processing.
- Neon's contextual understanding and local execution, as well as its enhanced privacy features, set it apart from traditional browsers.
Neon's AI assistant, set apart from traditional browsers, uses cloud-based AI services and can execute tasks autonomously, even when the user is not present. It can create various digital content, such as websites, reports, and games, all without user interaction. This assistant embodies the concept of Web 4.0, interacting alongside humans and functioning as a full-fledged task executor, thanks to artificial-intelligence technology.
