--- title: Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment description: Vivaldi browser version 7.8 launches with a new tab tiling system for multitasking, deliberately avoiding AI features. CEO Jon von Tetzchner argues that users... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/latest-vivaldi-release-surfs-a-wave-of-anti-ai-sentiment-ztifz6n8z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment | daily.dev og:description: Vivaldi browser version 7.8 launches with a new tab tiling system for multitasking, deliberately avoiding AI features. CEO Jon von Tetzchner argues that users... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/latest-vivaldi-release-surfs-a-wave-of-anti-ai-sentiment-ztifz6n8z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ztifZ6N8Z.png og:image:alt: Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vivaldi browser version 7.8 launches with a new tab tiling system for multitasking, deliberately avoiding AI features. CEO Jon von Tetzchner argues that users dislike AI integration in browsers, viewing it primarily as a data collection tool rather than a useful feature. The company positions itself against the industry trend of adding AI to browsers, focusing instead on user privacy and features users actually want. Vivaldi sees growing interest from users concerned about US tech giants and data sovereignty. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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