Mozilla plans to add artificial intelligence features to its Firefox web browser. At the WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival Mozilla CEO Laura Chambers and Mozilla Foundation president Mark Surman shared their vision for the future of the web with WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims. Plus, new research questions how much screens before bed actually delay sleep.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
      241·
      5 months ago

      There is already some built into it which is genuinely useful, for example the local translation engine based on project Bergamot, and currently being tested in Firefox Nightly is the ability to generate an image alt-text, which is great for accessibility.

      AI isn’t just about the mainstream generative stuff, it can have some privacy benefits when executed locally.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    5 months ago

    Why is this being added to the browser and not as an extension? At the very least, I would assume it’s pretty easy to turn off; but, this looks like feature creep causing the browser to bloat up again.

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
    41·
    5 months ago

    That’s a convoluted way to say “Firefox browser will have AI features”. This headline looks like they’re visiting the browser manufacturing line and seeing a new set of sprockets ready to be installed in the thingamabob.

    • Cloudless ☼@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      They are literally interviewing the makers of Firefox, and getting insights outside of Firefox’s press release. I find the title appropriate for the content.

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
    3·
    5 months ago

    Does it utilize the NPU? Can you customize the features at all? I wouldn’t want it erroneously using vast chunks of my CPU for marginal benefit.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
      151·
      5 months ago

      It’s locally generated alt-text for images, which is useful for blind people with screen readers

  • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
    49·
    5 months ago

    I’m surprised that Firefox has no AI elements already. As long as they don’t add some LLM BS, I’m sure we’ll be just fine.

    (That’s sarcasm, they are indeed talking about LLM specifically, and not AI in general.)

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
      151·
      5 months ago

      They’re adding auto-generated alt-text for images for blind people. Processed with an on-device ai

      • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
        11·
        5 months ago

        Yes, that’s what I’m getting at (but thank you for elaborating).

        The article makes it seem like they want to “add AI” to Firefox, while it in reality appears to be about LLM. It is unthinkable unlikely that Firefox would not already have some kind of AI implemented.