An AI assistant integrated into the privacy-friendly Brave browserBrave Leo is an AI assistant integrated into the Brave browser, offering various functions to enhance the user’s web browsing experience. Utilizing large language models like Mixtral 8x7B and Llama 2 13B, Leo provides capabilities such as web page summarization, content creation, translation, and even coding assistance.
Like that’s the case with the Brave browser, Leo also takes good care of its users’ privacy — ensuring that user inputs are submitted anonymously and not retained after use.
Leo is available directly from the Brave browser’s address bar or sidebar, requiring no additional sign-up or account for the free version. It is this approach that ensures that all interactions with Leo are private and unlinkable to any user identity.
Beyond the free offering, Leo also offers a Premium subscription with enhanced models, faster responses, and higher usage limits. Nevertheless, you can start with the free plan and upgrade only if you determine it works for you.
The best part is that Brave’s plans with Leo are at their very beginning and it’s already a solid product. Down the road, we’ll get better language support, richer outputs like image generation, local persistence of conversations, and even the ability to interact with PDFs and Google Drive files. Good times ahead!
What are the key features?
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- Web page summarization: Leo can quickly analyze and summarize any webpage you're viewing. You can get the gist of articles, essays, and other content without having to read through everything yourself.
- Content creation and translation: Leo can translate anything you read to a different language. It can also create entire articles, emails and anything else for you.
- Coding support: Like that's the case with ChatGPT, Leo can also help you in your coding efforts -- generating entire functions on your behalf or completing the code you're currently working on.
- No sign-up required: You can start using Leo without creating an account or signing up for anything.
- Privacy-focused: Your privacy is a top priority for Brave and, consequently, Leo. It does not retain any personal data, and your conversations with Leo are not stored or used for model training.
Who is it for?
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Brave Leo is designed for many users who value privacy, efficiency, and enhanced web browsing experiences. Many of those folks would be existing Brave users who will now get to benefit from its AI assistant. It provides them with quick access to information, content creation help, language translation, and coding assistance directly within their browser. This group would include students, professionals, developers, and anyone else who spends a significant amount of time online and seeks to streamline their internet usage.
Examples of what you can use it for
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- Understand the main points of articles or web pages without reading the whole thing
- Translate web pages and text into different languages
- Get help writing articles, emails, essays, and everything else
- If you're working on software development, Leo can offer code suggestions and examples
- Ask Leo nearly any question for quick answers, explanations, and additional insights
Pros & Cons
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- Comes integrated with the Brave browser
- Makes sure your privacy is well protected
- Helps you with different kinds of tasks
- Still not as powerful as ChatGPT
Last update:
November 24, 2024