Opera’s WebAI preview lets websites and extensions use AI models running locally on supported computers, avoiding cloud processing and separate subscriptions while leaving access under the user’s control through site-specific permissions.
The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.
It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day. That information is already semi-public, but it is not easily parsed and traditionally much of it has remained walled away in the hands of large advertising platforms. Not anymore: A powerful and free new service called DecryptAds scrapes and correlates this adtech data and makes it simple to quickly learn a great deal about the entities that are tracking you.
Opera’s new Paste Protect feature blocks ClickFix attacks natively in its desktop browser, making it the first major browser to address a threat that antivirus software isn’t designed to catch.
Microsoft is discontinuing Edge Collections, a popular research and organization tool, as the company continues shifting the browser toward AI-powered Copilot experiences.
Opera One now lets you pin YouTube and Twitch in the sidebar, boost your tab volume up to 500%, and use a revamped picture-in-picture mode for video calls.
Opera’s new MCP Connector turns Neon into an autonomous browsing agent, letting AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude directly control your browser and complete tasks across websites.