Opera is testing an AI-based shortening feature that generates a list with the main content of web pages and articles. The feature, called “shorten,” is part of the company’s broader plans to integrate AI tools into its browser, similar to what Microsoft is doing with Edge.

As shown in the Opera demo, you can activate the function by clicking the “shorten” button to the right of the address bar. Next, a ChatGPT sidebar will appear on the left, which will generate the main points of the article or web page.

Opera’s announcement comes days after Microsoft unveiled a revamped Bing and Edge powered by artificial intelligence. While the search engine will offer access to a chat with artificial intelligence that provides answers to queries with links, Edge will receive an AI tool that, like Opera, will be able to summarize the content of a web page or article, as well as generate text for social media posts and etc.

Earlier this week, Google also showed off its AI-powered chatbot for the Bard search engine. It’s not yet available to users, but it’s notable for giving false results in a promotional video.

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“We’re excited to see the rapid deployment of developer programs for solutions like Google Bard, for example, and are starting to create new possibilities for viewing web pages that not long ago seemed impossible,” says Per Vetterdal, Head of Strategic Partnerships and AI Ecosystem at Opera .

Currently, the AI-shortening feature is not available to everyone, but according to Opera VP of Marketing and Communications Ian Stendel, it will be rolled out to all Opera browsers “very soon”.

The company is also working on other AI-powered features that will enhance the web browsing experience, and plans to add “popular AI content creation services” to the sidebar.

Source: The Verge