Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment

Interview Vivaldi has raised a middle finger to the influx of AI in the browser space with its latest version.

"Basically, what we are finding is that people hate AI," CEO Jon von Tetzchner tells The Register.

Von Tetzchner was talking to us as the company launched version 7.8 of its browser. The centerpiece of the release is a new tab tiling system that allows users to work with multiple pages simultaneously. There are also improvements to email and several quality-of-life tweaks that will please the browser's fans.

The company modestly says: "It's the biggest leap in browser multitasking since tabs were invented and it required zero machine learning models."

That's not to say that AI doesn't have limited uses, as far as Vivaldi is concerned. It's useful for translations and research. However, does it belong in the browser, potentially even taking action for ...