Opera Announces “Shorten” – A ChatGPT-Based AI to Summarize Webpages

With the increasing traction AI has been getting, every tech giant wants to join the bandwagon. Now, Opera has announced the introduction of a ChatGPT-powered AI solution that will create quick summaries of the webpage being viewed.

Named shorten", this feature can be accessed by clicking the shorten" button to the right of the address bar. A ChatGPT sidebar will then pop out that'll lay out a concise summary of the webpage.

Following the mass interest in generative AI tools, we believe it's now time for browsers to step up and become the gateway to an AI-powered web.Song Lin, Co-CEO of Opera

According to the Opera blog post, generative AI helps users create written content must faster, which will increase the flow of information and content on the internet. This truckload of information is impossible to be absorbed by humans alone.

Thus, arises a need for a tool like shorten" that can create powerful bulleted summaries of webpages, providing users with organized meaningful information.

This isn't the first time Opera has turned towards AI. It has been leveraging deep-learning AI for the users of its news and football apps for a better user experience.

Jan Standel, the vice president of marketing and communications at Opera, states that the shorten" feature would soon be added to the browser. This is just a part of Opera's efforts to create a more augmented browsing experience for its users.

Opera Following Microsoft's Footsteps

Opera, with a 2.4% market share, is on the path of adding AI-powered tools to its browser, just like Microsoft and Google. Opera's move comes days after Microsoft announced its tie-up with ChatGPT to introduce an AI-powered version of Bing. It has also rolled out a waitlist for the same.

Microsoft was the first mover in this direction, which necessitated the need for similar programs and development from its competitors.

Tech giants like Baidu and Alibaba are also expected to adopt AI into their ecosystems in the near future.

Google has also announced a LaMDA-based ChatGPT competitor named Bard. It is currently in the tester phase, with suggestions being invited from trusted developers.

In fact, Per Wetterdal, Head of Strategic Partnerships and AI ecosystem, has acknowledged the rollout of Google Bard as important to building web experiences that could not have been imagined a few years back.

With a record 100 million views in just two months, everyone now wants a piece of OpenAI's ChatGPT. However, with multiple browser integrations and upcoming paid plans, it remains to see how accessible ChatGPT would be for non-paid users.

With that said, ChatGPT has certainly opened a new generation of internet creativity. And browsers like Microsoft, Google, and Opera certainly do not want to miss out on this opportunity.

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