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AI Comes to Brave, the Privacy-Respecting Browser
Brave has launched “Summarizer,” a new AI-powered search tool.
Machine Learning models are all the rage these days, and the big-brothers like Google, Microsoft, and Apple are all wading into the murky waters as fast as their greedy shareholders can egg them on.
But what about those of us who like living an Internet life completely free from advertisements? Personally, I’ll avoid a service altogether rather than succumb to ads, so the only way I can use half the Internet these days is through a browser like Brave. Brave hides your activity online, blocking ads, trackers, and generally making your web experience an enjoyable surf. But Brave’s joining the LLM race now as well.
Brave has now a new feature to fill out their already impressive alternative to Google’s near-ubiquitous search engine.
By leveraging LLMs (large language models), Brave can summarize information from various websites at the top of your search results, giving you instant access to the information you need without the hassle of digging through an entire website.
Right now, the new feature will only work for around 17% of search queries, but that number is expected to…
