It's not just the search engines and the chat steps AI these days. Web browsers want in the revolution.
Opera, a company behind the web browser, revealed a new update, a browser operator at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that automates customer tasks. In what is believed to be the first AI's web browser agent, the company said on Twitter that “she is looking at AI's browser agent that will end shit for you.”
“The browser operator removes AI from Chatbot and integrates it directly into the search flow,” the company said in A. Blog -Post. “This is aligned with the wider role of the browser: it is there to make you more powerful while on the Internet, search the network and give you the tools to use your time more efficiently.”
With the browser operator, users can explain what they need to do in natural language. For example, they may ask to buy a 10-sized 12 white Nike tennis socks, and will handle the transaction.
Agent AI is in the spotlight
It is part of the major efforts between technology companies to advance with the AI AI, a built-in term related to the systems capable of autonomously executing complicated and multi-step tasks.
The Opera said his agent is different from other agents browsing experiments because he uses domestic solutions and eliminates the need for screen images or video recording of search sessions. The company said the access priority of privacy by storing data for users locally on the device.
The browser is available as a review issue, but will start as part of the AI drop program. While this may be the first for browsers, companies continue to deliver the AI agent. Posted in early February and expanded to multiple users last week, Openai's Deep research The tool is an agent for it that encourages opportunities based on reasoning to analyze huge amounts of information and handle complex tasks. The company said it could reach a few minutes that would last a few hours.
Meanwhile, Microsoft introduced itself last week MagmaA new model of artificial intelligence designed to help robots understand and act more intelligent. Unlike traditional AI models, magma processes different types of data at the same time, an effort that Microsoft has called a big jump to agent AI, where robots can plan and perform tasks on behalf of the user.
“Great Innovation for Browsers”
Rice Hayden, an analyst at Technological Intelligent Company ABI Research, said the agent AI is widely considered the next step in the generative AI, especially as search engines like Google Start to integrate large language models into their processes. But he sees the integration of AI's agent browsers as an opera as a factor that will revolutionize the user experience and drive traction in the long run.
“This will be considered as a major innovation for browsers because consumers will be able to reserve holidays autonomously or carry out other cases of use,” Hayden said. “Another reason why this is significant is that it offers smartphones new cases of use that justify AI on the device, which can support shipment growth.”
Although Hayden said he expects more browsers and browsers to test similar options, “huge risks” about data privacy, accuracy and control still exist, he said. “All players need to be careful given the (potential for) damage to the reputation,” he said.