Opera shows off AI, tab grouping in its Opera One browser update

Opera, which has established itself as a boutique browser vendor, has announced Opera One, a complete redesign and eventual replacement of its existing browser. Opera One features optimizations for modular elements and new AI-powered tab grouping features, called "Tab Islands." All told, Opera One has a slick new look, but with technical underpinnings that leave it open to adding new AI-powered capabilities in the future. Opera is also promising that a new "multithreaded compositor" will improve performance, so that Opera One takes advantage of the multicore capabilities of modern PCs. The browser is in early developer mode, according to Opera, and will be released later this year for Windows, MacOS and Linux.