Opera Unveils AI Agent ‘Browser Operator’

Opera has launched an AI agent, Browser Operator, capable of performing various tasks on websites.

A demonstration video showcases the digital assistant’s capabilities: finding socks on Walmart, purchasing football match tickets on a club’s website, and searching for flights and hotels via Booking.

The tool will soon be available to users as part of Opera’s Feature Drop program. It remains unclear whether the agent can operate on virtually any site and handle broader requests such as “finding the cheapest ticket from London to New York for tomorrow” across various platforms.

Users can monitor Browser Operator’s activities and take control of the screen at any time. According to Opera, its agent is safer than alternatives because it operates on the device rather than on a cloud-based browser instance or virtual machine.

AI agents represent a burgeoning sector in the artificial intelligence industry, attracting significant interest from startups. In January, OpenAI introduced its own solution, “Operator,” which can perform internet tasks on behalf of users.

Earlier, Anthropic released an updated version of the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model, capable of interacting with computers like a human—moving the cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text.