Opera's Agentic AI Browser Neon Launches With Subscription Model

[bmark]

So they have 3 users waiting for Opera Neon!

 

[AdonisSMU]

I'm not paying for AI again. Everyone's electricity bill and water bills have already gone up for what is essentially a glorified search engine.

Regular Google or Bing search wasn't that bad to begin with. I don't mind clicking buttons and typing to make appoints or do tasks. It wasn't something that was gonna be that much easier than it already was. Between dictation and manual typing what else is there?

 

[toph101]

Isn't Neon also the name of the app that was sharing audio from phone calls illegally and had to be shut down?

It may well be, but it's also just a word

 

[turbineseaplane]

I'm starting to fondly miss the "Crypto & NFT" bs era

 

[Selena Agna]

I'm starting to fondly miss the "Crypto & NFT" bs era

They've just searched & replaced with "AI" in all their pitch decks to get the millions from investors who don't understand technology.

 

[Rafagon]

It may well be, but it's also just a word

Not the word I would want my browser to be associated with right now. 😃😃

 

[biffuz]

I don't even let my browser save my CC number. let alone buy stuff for me...

The strategy so far:

1) Spy on you for targeted advertising
2) Have AI convince you to buy stuff
3) What the heck, just make AI buy stuff for you

 

[con2apple]

all these ai apps have delusional pricing. imagine what you can get for 20 USD from open ai and then what they offer you for the same money.

The funny thing is that this browser is probably even more economical, given the processes running in the background.

Because, in case you don't know, OpenAI burns through tens of billions of dollars every year and hasn't made a cent in profit so far.

To this day, the company can't say how it intends to operate ChatGPT economically.
The CEO has essentially said, “We'll build the product first and then see how we can sell it.”

Apparently, there are now initial attempts at advertising and paid links. Just as initially feared.
Whether that will be enough... I doubt it.
By the end of 2026, ChatGPT could be “infiltrated” by paid ads. Worse than sponsorship on Google or in YouTube videos.
And then it's still not clear whether that will be enough to finance the LLM.

The game changer promised by OpenAI, which was supposed to get people to pay double or triple, has not materialized. By the way, it was called ChatGPT 5.0.

 

[Corefile]

Hahah Nope.

 

[Selena Agna]

Please enlighten us instead of this lazy sarcasm. What could go wrong?


Well, as it turns out, LLM inference costs a lot of computer time.


See above. This also tends to be the general problem of the internet today. Everyone wants everything. No one wants to pay for anything.


How does it seem like that? It seems you are in control of what you share, no?


See above.


See above.

Users: A company cramming AI features down our collective throat is not useful for us.
AI Evangelists: You're just cheapskates.

 

[miq]

Sam Altman rubbing his hands together rn

 

[DesignatedSurvivor]

Also, now that Opera is Chinese-owned, I'm not comfortable giving its AI access to my computer, search history, browsing habits, personal information and the like.

Because every Norwegian employee of Opera HQ and every Polish employee of Opera GX is an obligated Chinese agent who, contrary to their nationality and the local laws of their countries (Opera is not a subject to Chinese Law, the owner does not change the nationality of an IT company), steals user data and sends it to the Chinese Communist Party. I know it sounds absurd, but I can't think of any other way to explain the thought process of all the people who keep shouting about Opera being Chinese spyware.

 

[svish]

Good to know about this. However I am not interested as it is a subscription. Even a one time payment I could consider, but generally not happy paying for a browser.