6 mo. ago • 87%

Opera is testing letting you download LLMs for local use, a first for a major browser

www.zdnet.com Opera is testing letting you download LLMs for local use, a first for a major browser

You can now use LLMs in Opera locally, meaning without having to send information to a server.

AI @lemmy.ml Opera is testing letting you download LLMs for local use, a first for a major browser

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I haven't used Opera since they switched from their own engine to chrome. They are now owned by a Chinese company, so it probably has at least as much tracking built into it as Google Chrome now.

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- I miss old opera before the buyout
  
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  That's essentially Vivaldi now.
  
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  Vivaldi is made by many of the same people with similar features and vibe. It's also chromium-based, though.
  
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- I used Fifth a bit, which is something aesthetically similar to old Opera made with fltk and a webkit port to fltk. But it's abandoned now.
  
  It's so sad really, when I was a Windows user, it was Opera, when I moved to Linux, it was again Opera, then I also started using Conkeror (based on XULRunner).
  
  Then Opera died. Then XULRunner died. No usable web browser anymore.
  
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  Don't you like Firefox? It's on both win and Linux.
  
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Why the hell do I need this in a web browser? Why isn’t it a stand alone app?

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- If you think of LLMs as a thing to replace search bars then this kind of makes sense.
  
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  Just more unnecessary browser bloat.
  
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  If you think of LLMs as a thing to replace search bars
  
  I don't.
  
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- There are plenty of stand-alone LLM apps.
  
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- Same reason people get their WiFi from their ISP Modem+Router combo, even though it's stupid to do so: People often confuse initial convenience for good.
  
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Thats a cool feature for sure but I don't trust opera.

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https://rentry.co/operagx

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Can't they just stick to normal browser things like gaming integrations?

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Intresting. But I'm curious about the performance.

A bigger LLM (mixtral) already struggles to run on my mid-range gaming PC. Trying to run an LLM that isn't terrible on a standard laptop wouldn't be a good experience.

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What's LLM?

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