Wednesday, 28 October, 2026
Opera Introduces WebAI Standard to Run AI Models Locally in Browsers Without Cloud Services
By TechShots Studio
Opera has introduced WebAI, a proposed web standard that allows websites and browser extensions to run AI models directly on users’ devices. It supports models such as Google’s Gemma and Apple’s on-device foundation model on Macs. The technology enables text generation and content classification while reducing cloud costs and keeping processed data on the device. It is available as an opt-in early preview in Opera One, with other Opera browsers expected to follow.
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