Opera has strengthened its artificial intelligence strategy with the help of Google. The Norwegian company signed an agreement with the technology giant to integrate Gemini into your browser. language models They will enhance Aria, the intelligent assistant which has been offered for a year in all versions of the browser.
Aria can answer questions, search for information on the web, write texts, or synthesize content with the help of LLM models from OpenAI and Google. Unlike Bing or Copilot, which are based on ChatGPT, Opera's artificial intelligence does not depend on a single language model. According to the company, the Composer AI engine processes the user's intent and can decide which model to use for each task.
Like other companies, Opera jumped on the AI train with an assistant that promises to solve our lives when browsing the internet. The advantage of Aria over Copilot or ChatGPT is that it integrates into the sidebar and you can invoke it with a simple keyboard shortcut. Opera claims that users are not limited to an old data set, as in GPT-4, since AI connects to the web and offers immediate answers.
“Google's Gemini model is a modern, powerful and easy-to-use LLM that is the company's most capable model yet. Thanks to this integration, Opera will now be able to provide its users with the most up-to-date information with high performance” , the company mentioned in a post on its blog.
Opera can now generate or recognize images thanks to Google
With the arrival of Gemini, Opera will offer new functions in its assistant. Aria will be able to read responses conversationally, thanks to Google's text-to-audio conversion model. Users will be able to activate this feature by simply pressing the speaker icon in the chat window or using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + / o Cmd + /.
In a separate announcement, Opera implemented image understanding in Aria. This artificial intelligence function will allow you to upload images in the chat window to ask questions about them. The model not only accepts photographs that you download from the web, but also sketches, handwritten notes and even mathematical equations.
Opera had already deployed an option to generate images in Aria, so the new comprehension function will allow them to be combined to enhance creativity.
Features powered by Gemini They will be available in all versions of Opera. These include apps for iOS and Android, as well as Opera GX, the gaming browser. Understanding and generating images is only available in Opera One for developers.
Opera adds Gemini artificial intelligence to its web browser