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Opera unveils an AI agent that runs natively within the browser


Norway-based browser company Opera announced a new agent feature called Browser Operator as a feature preview. The Browser Operator feature, when

In a demo video, the company showed the agent finding a right pair of socks from Walmart, tickets for a football match from the club’s site, and a flight and a hotel for a trip from Booking.com. Opera noted that because the agent works natively without relying on a cloud instance of a browser or a virtual machine, it preserves user privacy better. However, Opera realizes that it is important to begin working on such features as AI companies are relying heavily on browsers for agents to carry out tasks.

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