Opera Introduces WebAI Standard for Local In-Browser AI Models

Opera has introduced WebAI, a proposed web standard that lets users run AI models locally in their browser, and has begun previewing it in Opera One for Mac users with access to Apple's foundation model.

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Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser

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remove 2026-10-27 — removed “Opera One now lets Mac users run Apple’s foundation model directly in the browser”. Opera local AI feature; not the WebAI standard.