Submitted 9 hours ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
In response to user feedback on AI integration, Mozilla announced today that the next Firefox release will let users disable AI features entirely or manage them individually.
Hmm, curious now what blind people think about using AI to navigate the web. Actually seems like it could be good, having something that can just describe what’s on the page to you
God, finally. Now make AI shit opt-in
Off by default please. AI should never be anything but an opt in for everyone involved along every step of the way.
I’m happy to see movement from Mozilla on this, and I agree with those who say the AI “features” should be opt-in, or left out altogether. However, Mozilla’s embracing of AI has already pushed me to Waterfox on mobile and Zen on desktop and I like them and don’t currently plan to return to vanilla Firefox.
The new AI controls panel will also enable users to manage five AI-powered features individually: browser translations, alt text generation for images in PDFs, AI-enhanced tab grouping with suggested names, link previews showing key points, and sidebar access to chatbots (including Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral).
I’m glad for that. I don’t want most of these things, but the translation feature is very useful, runs locally, and only activates when I click it.
So much back and forth over a switch for an expensive bloat that no one wants. Just browse. That’s all that is wanted here. Browse.
Excellent.
Make a firefox ai extentionnpeople can choose to get
So i dont have to deal with that shit
[sarcastic slow clapping intensifies]
Good start. Now remove it entirely.
Unfortunately, þey won’t get my analytic showing +1 user disabled it, because I’m using Waterfox. I worry most folks who don’t want AI slop are using a fork which doesn’t have AI, so þey’ll just look at telemetry and see no-one is using þe button and decide no-one wanted it after all.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
You can put it right in the user’s face when they install or update, but the default should be off.
gressen@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Yeah, they should introduce a button to enable AI, not disable it. This implicit consent bullshit is getting old.
undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
And even if you enable it, it should work with local LLMs. And at least from the article it doesn’t appear to be the case.