Another Crazy Day in AI: Opera Neon Aims Beyond Traditional Browsing
- Wowza Team
- Oct 1
- 4 min read
Hello, AI Enthusiasts.
Halfway through the week—feeling productive, or just surviving?
Opera thinks the browser is overdue for a reinvention. Neon is built to organize online chaos and automate the small steps of digital work.
Meta, on the other hand, wants to fold AI prompts into how it curates feeds and ads.
And to cap it off, Google is upping the ante for creators, offering $1M to whoever delivers the best AI-powered short film. Creators across the globe can now enter.
Here's another crazy day in AI:
Opera rolls out Neon browser with automated features
Meta is enhancing user feeds with AI
Google launches AI film challenge
Some AI tools to try out
TODAY'S FEATURED ITEM: Opera Neon Ships with Built-In Agent Capabilities
Image Credit: Wowza (created with Ideogram)
After decades of experimenting with browsing, what new direction is Opera taking with Neon?
Opera has announced Opera Neon, a browser it describes as designed for people who manage complex work online. The release positions Neon not just as a tool for browsing but as a platform that can carry out tasks, organize information, and interact with the web on behalf of its users. For a company that has a long history of experimenting with new ideas in browsing, Neon represents another attempt to push beyond the familiar tab-and-search experience.
At its core, Opera Neon builds on features meant to structure and automate how people use the internet daily. Instead of relying solely on users to manage every step, the browser introduces ways to keep context, reuse instructions, and delegate actions directly within a session.
Some of the key functions being introduced include:
Tasks create isolated workspaces for different projects, keeping the browser focused on one context without pulling information from unrelated tabs or activities
Cards work as reusable prompt templates that can be combined and customized, with options to build your own or browse what others have created
Neon Do handles the actual browsing—opening and closing tabs, navigating sites, filling forms, and collecting information across multiple pages
Local execution means operations happen within your current browser session using existing logins, without sending data through external servers
Direct oversight lets you watch what's happening and intervene at any point to pause or redirect the process
Familiar Opera tools like tabs, Speed Dial, and ad blocking are built into the foundation
The problem Neon addresses shows up regularly for people who work online. Information gets scattered across dozens of tabs. Similar tasks need to be repeated on different sites. Context gets lost when switching between projects. Opera's approach is to give the browser enough awareness to understand what you're working on and handle some of the mechanical parts. Tasks create boundaries so the browser knows what information belongs to which project. Cards let you save instructions for processes you do repeatedly. How much this actually helps depends on whether the features map to real work patterns. Someone researching a topic across multiple sources or comparing options on different sites might benefit from keeping that work contained in a Task. Cards could be useful if there are enough templates that match what you need, though building a custom library takes time.
Running everything locally changes how the automation works. Neon Do operates inside your browser where you're already logged into sites, so there's no need to share credentials with a third-party service or deal with extra authentication steps. The technical challenge is that the browser needs to successfully interact with an enormous variety of websites, each built differently. Opera has been building browsers since the mid-1990s and introduced features like tabs and Speed Dial, but autonomous web interaction requires handling situations the software hasn't necessarily seen before. Opera is releasing Neon through a waitlist as a subscription service, asking people to change how they browse and pay for the privilege.
Read the full article here.
OTHER INTERESTING AI HIGHLIGHTS:
Meta Is Enhancing User Feeds With AI
/Meta, on Meta Newsroom
Meta announced that it will soon begin using people’s interactions with its AI tools to personalize both content and ad recommendations across Facebook and Instagram. Starting December 16, 2025, chats and prompts with Meta AI will become signals for tailoring feeds—similar to how likes, follows, and posts already shape what users see. For example, asking Meta AI about hiking may result in more hiking-related posts, groups, and ads. Users remain in control through Ads Preferences and feed settings, with Meta emphasizing that sensitive topics like religion or health will not be used for advertising.
Read more here.
Google Launches AI Film Challenge
/Anthony Nakache (Managing Director, Google MENA), on Google Blogs – The Keyword
Google and the 1 Billion Followers Summit have launched the Global AI Film Award, offering a $1 million prize for the best AI-generated short film. Open to creators worldwide until November 20, 2025, submissions must be 7–10 minutes long, with at least 70% created using Google AI tools like Gemini, Flow, Veo, and Nano Banana. Films should align with one of two themes: Rewrite Tomorrow or The Secret Life of. The winning entry will be announced at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai in January 2026.
Read more here.
SOME AI TOOLS TO TRY OUT:
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