Opera's Agentic AI Browser Will Do Your Shopping for You

It's not just search engines and chatbots getting AI makeovers these days. Web browsers want in on the revolution. Opera, the company behind the web browser, unveiled a new update, Browser Operator, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that automates tasks for users. In what's believed to be the first agentic AI web browser, the company said in a tweet it is "previewing a browser AI agent that gets shit done for you." "Browser Operator takes AI out of the chatbot and integrates it directly into the browsing flow," the company said in a blog post. "This aligns with the broader role of the browser: it's there to make you more powerful while you're online, browsing the web, and to give you the tools to use your time more effectively." With Browser Operator, users can explain what they need it to do in natural language. For example, they can ask it to buy a 10-pack of size 12 white tennis socks from Nike, and it will handle the transaction. Agentic AI is in the spotlight It ... Read full article.