Opera Browser Connector Lets ChatGPT and Claude Read Your Open Tabs

BrianFagioli writes: Opera has introduced a new feature called Browser Connector that allows AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to access the contents of your browser tabs directly. The feature, available in Opera One and Opera GX, lets external AI tools read page content, understand context across multiple open tabs, and even analyze screenshots or charts from the pages you are viewing. Instead of copying text into a chatbot to explain what you are looking at, the browser can pass that context along automatically.

Opera says the feature is designed to reduce friction when using AI during research or comparison shopping, while also supporting an open approach that allows users to connect different AI tools instead of being locked into a single ecosystem. Browser Connector is currently available in Early Bird builds of the browsers. While the capability could make AI assistants far more useful for browsing tasks, it also raises privacy questions since enabling it effectively allows an AI service to see what you are doing inside your browser tabs.