Opera browser dev branch rolls out support for running LLMs locally

Opera has added experimental support for running large language models (LLMs) locally on the Opera One Developer browser as part of its AI Feature Drop Program. Exclusive at the moment to the developer version of Opera One, Opera's main internet browser, the update adds 150 different LLMs from 50 different LLM families, …

[Stuart Castle]

Does anyone else think bunging everything in to web browsers is dangerous?

Actually, objectively, it *is* dangerous. It increases both the attack surface of the browser, and the chances the browser will be attacked.

I'd like to see browsers having functionality paired back little bit. Yes, it does mean they won't be able to do things like run AIs, and it will remove functionality from some web apps, but I don''t think that's necessarily a bad thing.

A browser should be just that: A browser. Not the application you use to do nearly everything on your computer. I used to be an Opera fan, but. TBH, the current version of Opera is the worst for this, IMO.

[ecofeco]

Yes and it always has been. I'm old enough to remember when making the browser the all-in-one application was hyped as the next cool thing.

And here we are. Right cozy with the hackers.

[Steve Graham]

It's like attaching a coffee machine to a lawnmower. Technically possible, but not what the users want.

[neilg]

"I used to be an Opera fan, but. TBH, the current version of Opera is the worst for this, IMO." -Me too I'm afraid, Opera user since 1999

[xyz]

Err... The IT crowd got there first...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4x0HQVRBm6w