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Mozilla Names New CEO, Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser" (www.phoronix.com)

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Mozilla Corporation has named its new CEO in replacing interim CEO Laura Chambers.

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo has been named the new CEO of Mozilla Corporation. Anthony Enzor-DeMeo was SVP of Firefox from 2004 to July 2005 and then from July until now was the GM of Firefox at Mozilla. He's written a public message today in his first day serving as the new chief executive for Mozilla.

Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions."

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[-] yaroto98@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Ummmmm, what is an AI browser? I mean, other than something I don't want.

Does it browse AI generated content? Does it generate AI web pages for me? Does it just set chatgpt/copilot/grok/gemini as the homepage/default search? Does it use AI to customize content to your language/reading level? Does it flag non-AI content as potentially malicious like an http site?

I'm so lost.

[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

You made me read the Comet browser review, as I did not have the courage to install it myself.

Seems useful if done privately and under supervision:

has an AI chat sidebar that can interact with what you're viewing
can fill out forms (eg. you can dump unstructured text and have it fill, instead of copying field by field)
it can browse the internet for you - you ask it a question and watch it browse pages to find one with an answer
it can summarize the currently watched page. Which at first I thought was ridiculous but sometimes you need to get information from shitty bloated articles with 10 paragraphs of introduction

As long as it's optional and done right (eg. It can fill the form but it's me who submits it, and the model is running locally), sounds very useful. Also no reason why it can't be a Firefox addon instead of built in.

[-] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

It AI's the AIable content that AI hasn't already AI'd.

[-] curious_dolphin@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

yo dawg, I heard you like AI 😆

[-] helix@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Weird Al Yankovic

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