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Automatically generated page summaries as an experimental feature of Firefox 139 nightly (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Latest nightly builds of Firefox 139 include an experimental web link preview feature which shows (among other things) an AI-generated summary of what that page is purportedly about before you visit it, saving you time, a click, or the need to ‘hear’ a real human voice.

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[-] lol@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I dislike all these new and unnecessary AI integrations as much as the next person, but I could see this being useful to combat clickbait titles and resulting disinformation.

Not having to spend five minutes reading a shitty "Why cashews are actually bad for you" article just to find the line where it admits that they really aren't seems like a potential improvement to me.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Ideally it would do that for links. As in, hover and it gives like a 2-sentence summary. In your example, the summary could say something like:

Cashews are pretty good for you, but almonds are better. The article discusses micronutrient differences between the two.

Or something like that.

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