Perplexity just opened up its Comet browser to users beyond its paid subscription service, albeit with a lot of paywalled features. But every longstanding browser (with one notable exception) seems to be cramming “AI” into itself, and Opera never likes to be left behind. The company’s new Neon “AI” browser is now available for free. No, wait, that’s wrong. It’s available for $19.90/month. What?

Yes, Opera seems to think its users will shell out just shy of twenty bones a month to let an agentic AI program control their browsing. Some users are getting a generous offer to pay $59.90 for 9 months of access to the new build for Windows and Mac, after which it’ll cost $19.90 per month. This is an early adopter package for “Founder” access, and presumably Opera will open up access more wid

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