February 29, 2024 at 03:47PM
Brave Software introduces “Leo,” a privacy-preserving AI assistant available on the Android version of its browser. Leo can perform various tasks including summarizing webpages, answering questions, and translating pages. With both free and premium tiers, Leo stands out for high-quality, relevant answers while safeguarding user privacy. Availability on iOS is coming soon.
From the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– Brave Software has announced the launch of a new privacy-preserving AI assistant named “Leo,” which will be available on the Android version of its browser through the latest release, version 1.63.
– Leo will be capable of performing a wide range of tasks, including summarizing webpages or videos, answering questions, translating pages, writing code, creating transcriptions, and generating written content.
– The assistant will be accessible through two tiers – a free version and a premium version priced at $14.99/month, providing additional features and higher rate limits.
– Leo will leverage advanced large-language models (LLMs) like Mixtral 8x7B, Claude Instant, and Llama 2 13B to deliver high-quality, relevant answers with fewer errors.
– The introduction of AI tools on mobile devices is seen as transforming the user experience, offering convenience and efficiency on the move.
– Concerns over data privacy related to AI tools are acknowledged, but Brave states that Leo incorporates strong safeguards to guarantee privacy while still allowing users to utilize the power of AI.
– Key privacy measures include not requiring users to log in to a Brave account for the free tier, not recording chats or using them for model training, proxying all user requests through an anonymization server, wiping Leo’s responses from Brave’s servers, and the collection or storage of user identifiers such as IP addresses.
Additionally, it was noted that Leo will be introduced to Brave browser users on Android through a phased roll-out on version 1.63, with availability expected for everyone within a few days. Furthermore, Leo on iOS (iPhone) will be released in the coming weeks.