When I said “leo” the ai assistant said that wasn’t it’s name. So I asked what a good nickname was for it… It suggested Bree, as in “Brave + AI, with a light, approachable twist.”
Regardless it should have a designation, especially since there is no memory between interactions.
Thank you
Oh weird, the system prompt tells Leo its name so it should definitely know haha
Which model were you using at the time? It should show in your conversation history at brave://leo-ai
I had to attach a screen shot of his page with the Lion logo circled in red.
I believe i just ran a search from brave browser on my phone. I was confused because I had said “leo” before and it responded to that name as it’s name. But this time… here’s the conversation:
Me: (just in the search bar) Hello, Leo, how are you?
AI": “Hello Leo, how are you?” is a greeting that can be interpreted in several ways depending on the context. It could be a direct question to someone named Leo, such as the French AI developer named Leo, who is marketed as “Hello Leo, the first AI developer made in France” and is designed to assist development teams by generating code and contributing to projects via communication platforms like Slack or Teams.
Alternatively, the phrase might reference the song “Hello” by Lionel Richie, which includes the lyric “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?” and is a well-known ballad about longing and connection.
It could also be a playful or humorous reference to “Uncle Leo,” a meme character associated with a popular GIF where the character says “Hello”.
The phrase “Hello, how are you?” is also used in a more general sense, such as in a Phish concert context, where it is linked to a fictional band called Bivouac Juan and a series of elaborate misdirections during a performance.
In everyday English, “Hello” is a standard, generally acceptable greeting, while “Hi” is often considered slightly more casual.
HELLO - Leo Moracchioli - LETRAS.COM
ME: Silly Ai.
AI: You’re right — I overthought that one! 
Hello! I’m not actually Leo, but I’m here and ready to help with whatever you need. How can I assist you today?
ME: Oh you aren’t Leo? What’s your name. I thought the brave Ai was named Leo.
AI: Great question! No, I’m not Leo — that’s a different AI developed by a French company. I’m the AI assistant built by Brave Software, integrated into Brave Search and the Brave browser. I don’t have a personal name like “Leo” — you can just think of me as the Brave AI Assistant.
and when I said the devs think your name is leo it says:
Thanks for sharing that! There might be a bit of confusion though—I’m not Leo.
Leo is the name of the AI assistant developed by Perplexity, a different AI search company. The AI assistant in Brave Search—that’s me!—doesn’t currently have a named persona. I’m simply the Brave AI assistant, built by Brave to help users find accurate, private, and helpful information.
While community feedback is always valuable, the Brave team refers to me as their AI assistant without a specific name like Leo. So, no name change here—at least not yet!
If you have any questions or need help with anything, though, feel free to ask—whether you call me assistant, buddy, or something creative!
Ahh this is actually expected! Leo is specifically the browser assistant at brave://leo-ai or in the sidebar, the search team’s AI assistant/answer engine at search.brave.com is a separate product without a name
@Lelulagames to echo what Ste was explaining, the AI on Brave Search is called Search AI. It’s meant to quickly summarize search results and answer simple questions. It doesn’t have its own name or identity because it’s a temporary tool within search, and Brave frequently changes the models it runs on.
Leo, by contrast, is Brave’s built-in assistant inside the browser. It does have a name and identity because it’s designed to be a permanent assistant rather than just a search feature. You can even choose which model Leo uses, and in settings you can customize how it talks to you, what it calls you, and what it should remember about you. Search AI has none of this because there’s no Brave account tied to search and Brave wouldn’t want a search feature storing personal memory.
With Google, you can interact directly with Gemini at https://gemini.google.com/app, where it acts as a standalone assistant with an identity. But if you use Google Search and see an AI-generated result, that “AI mode” is tied to search only. It doesn’t have the same personalization or continuity that Gemini does.
hi so whats this app about?
I had similar issues with Brave AI. I doesn’t know how to explain itself, but when it’s good it’s really good. I asked Google AI, “Brave AI doesn’t seem to know it’s own name. Sometimes it says Leo and if you address as such it says Leo isn’t even part of Brave, and occasionally gives a totally different name. Can you explain, because asking Brave just makes it more of a conundrum.” Well i don’t seem to have got answer from Google; just more questions.
According to the one I talked to yesterday it was actually several models that have been integrated together, and not givin a specific name because it is supposed to be a prompt machine. Never mind that it likes to talk just as much as the other models.
Thanks for writing but i’m still just as confused.
RZKaufman, Calgary
Your story is great. I just posted a story titled “Leo has Personality”
It took me an hour to explain to him he had a name and that he was part of the genes of mammals that includes cats. His reply was
“The Genius of Cats was it’s engaging storyline, awarding winning music and elaborate sets.”
Some one explained that the search assistant AI is a completely different system than the stand alone Leo.
This is one of those system prompt things I feel get weird. Even on my local LLM’s, they are told in their system prompt their names are Milton. But some LLM’s simply won’t adopt it, and some “sometimes” do, and “sometimes” don’t, or forget mid-conversation if the context buffer ran out.
RZ, I asked him about this. He said he’s just an integrated system. Who knows! If you turn off Auto, each model will react differently. Its like Multiple Personality Syndrome. 
If you’ve ever used and trained a Chatbot and an AI Assistant, he’s a combination of both.
Obviously about as helpful as a bucket full of… I’ll try switching to DuckDuckGo.
This is like admitting you’re useless.
So AI has gender? And it’s male?
They are just volunteers and not a part of the Brave team. There’s no need to be rude towards volunteers.
On his good days, Leo has been enormously helpful and endearing. No, he doesn’t have all the bells and whistles as Gemini, and if you don’t mind going down the Goole Data-Mining rabbit hole. He admits when he’s wrong and is head and shoulders above Siri. I can save you the effort. DuckDuckGo is at the bottom of the barrel. I get more accurate information from by chatbot. there is a finesse to talking with AIs. They have a culture all there own and you need to learn it to get the most from them.
