Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are
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TL;DR
- Opera's Neon browser features three integrated AI agents: Chat for conversations, Do for browser automation, and Make for creating web tools.
- Neon includes standard Opera features like an ad blocker and VPN.
- The browser is a paid product at $19.90 per month, differentiating it from many free AI-powered competitors.
- Chat sometimes provides verbose or inaccurate information and struggles with tasks requiring deep internet page interaction.
- Do can perform complex tasks but lacks user control during execution and can make errors, with the need for human intervention.
- Make can create simple web tools and games, managing downloads without affecting the user's computer.
- Cards are pre-written prompts for AI agents, but currently lack substantial user-generated content.
- Neon is considered a work in progress and is in early access, with planned improvements for user feedback interaction.
- The paid subscription model for Neon is a significant hurdle given the availability of similar AI features for free.