Opera One

Opera Rolls Out Local AI Processing via WebAI Standard in Opera One Browser

Opera has introduced an early implementation of WebAI, a proposed web standard that enables websites and extensions to run AI models directly on the user's device instead of relying on remote servers. The feature debuts in Opera One and will later expand to Opera GX and Neon. Supported models include Google's Gemma as well as Apple's local foundational model on compatible Mac hardware, with no vendor lock-in. Key capabilities cover text generation, content classification, and analysis of relationships between information fragments. Developers gain the ability to add AI features without building server infrastructure or incurring per-query cloud costs, while users avoid subscriptions to external AI services. All processing occurs locally on an opt-in basis, keeping data off cloud providers, although performance depends on the device's hardware capabilities.