Opera adds Gemini artificial intelligence to its web browser

Opera strengthened its artificial intelligence strategy with the help of Google. The Norwegian company has signed an agreement with the technology giant to integrate Gemini into your browser. language models They will improve Aria, the smart assistant. which has been offered for a year in all versions of the browser.

Aria can answer questions, search the web, write texts, or synthesize content using LLM models from OpenAI and Google. Unlike Bing or Copilot, which are based on ChatGPT, Opera’s artificial intelligence is not dependent on any one language model. According to the company, the Composer AI engine processes user intent and can decide which model to use for each task.

Like other companies, Opera has jumped on the AI ​​train with assistant that promises to solve our life when browsing the Internet. The advantage of Aria over Copilot or ChatGPT is that it integrates into the sidebar and you can bring it up with a simple keyboard shortcut. Opera claims that users are not limited to the old data set like GPT-4 because AI connects to the Internet and offers immediate answers.

“Google’s Gemini model is a modern, powerful and easy-to-use LLM program that is the company’s most feature-rich model to date. With this integration, Opera will now be able to provide its users with the most up-to-date information in high quality.” Performance,” the company mentioned in a blog post.

Opera can now generate or recognize images thanks to Google

With the arrival of Gemini, Opera will offer new features in its assistant. Aria will be able to read responses interactively thanks to Google’s text-to-audio model. Users will be able to activate this feature by simply tapping the speaker icon in the chat window or using keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl + / or cmd + /.

In a separate announcement from Opera image understanding implemented in Aria. This AI feature will allow you to upload images to the chat window to ask questions about them. Model accepts more than just photos that you download from the Internet, but also sketches, handwritten notes and even math equations.

Opera has already introduced the ability to generate images in Aria, so the new insight feature will allow them to be combined to enhance creativity.

Gemini based features They will be available in all versions of Opera.. These include apps for iOS and Android, as well as the Opera GX gaming browser. Understanding and creating images is only available in Opera One for developers.