Browser-based AI has several advantages. Running AI in the browser can speed up some AI operations — such as sentiment analysis, hand gesture detection and style transfer by executing them directly on the client. It can eliminate the need for background application programming interface requests to cloud-based resources, thereby simplifying and accelerating AI apps’ end-to-end flow.

It can also provide the AI app with direct access to rich data from client-side sensors, such as webcams, microphones, GPS and gyroscopes. It addresses privacy concerns by retaining browser-based AI data in the client. And not least, it brings AI within reach of the vast pool of Web developers who work in JavaScript and other client-side languages, frameworks and tools.