Brief on Brave: Brave is an innovative web browser focusing on user privacy and ad-blocking, launched in 2016. Its commitment to privacy is coupled with performance, rewarding users and creators through its unique rewarding system called BAT.
Brave has launched its AI assistant, Leo, for all desktop users, promising enhanced browsing with features like content summarization and language translation powered by advanced language models.
An example below (the Brave Leo Assistant in the right side bar):
Takeaways:
- AI Assistant Rollout: Brave has made Leo, its AI assistant, available to all desktop users.
- Leo’s Capabilities: Capable of summarizing webpages, translating text, and rewriting phrases.
- Technology Behind Leo: Powered by Llama 2 and Anthropic’s Claude large language models (LLMs).
- Free vs. Premium: Offers basic features for free users, with advanced features in the $15/month Leo Premium.
- Privacy Assurance: Utilizes anonymous servers for requests to ensure privacy; does not store user data after responses.
- Strategic Move: Part of Brave’s strategy to boost revenue, following its move to its own indexing solution and the launch of a search API.
- Industry Trend: The adoption of AI assistants in browsers is on the rise, pushing companies like Brave to innovate and diversify revenue streams.
Brave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to desktop users | TechCrunch
Brave, a company building an alternative web browser, is releasing its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all desktop users. The company is also releasing a