Brave Leo

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Brave Leo
Developer(s) Brave Software, Inc.
Initial release2 November 2023;14 months ago (2023-11-02)
Operating system Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux
Included with Brave
Type Chatbot
Website brave.com/leo

Brave Leo is a large language model-based chatbot developed by Brave Software and included with the Brave desktop browser.

Contents

History

In November 2023, the company said versions for iOS and Android would be available "in the coming months". [1]

Features

Leo uses the LLaMA 2 LLM from Meta Platforms and the Claude LLM from Anthropic.

It can suggest followup questions, and summarize webpages, PDFs, and videos. [2] [3]

Leo has a $15 per month premium version that enables more requests and uses larger LLMs. [2] [4]

Privacy

The answers given by Leo are not saved. [5]

Controversies

PCWorld reported that Leo evades questions about US elections. [6]

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References

  1. Weatherbed, Jess (November 2, 2023). "Brave responds to Bing and ChatGPT with a new "anonymous and secure" AI chatbot". The Verge.
  2. 1 2 Mehta, Ivan (November 2, 2023). "Brave's Leo AI assistant is now available to desktop users". TechCrunch.
  3. Ledford, Jerri (November 2, 2023). "Brave's Leo AI Browser Now Available for All Users". Lifewire. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  4. "Brave Builds a Privacy-Respecting AI Assistant Into Its Browser". PCMag UK. November 2, 2023.
  5. "Brave's Leo enters the AI chatbot arena with privacy as its selling point". November 3, 2023.
  6. "Brave browser's free Leo AI dodges questions about the 2020 election". PCWorld. Retrieved November 19, 2023.