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submitted 4 months ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

Tldr: Theyre adding an opt-in alt text generation for blind people and an opt-in ai chat sidebar where you can choose the model used (includes self-hosted ones)

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[-] pitbuster@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Because good alt text needs a lot of context, so it must be done by humans for humans at our current state of tech,

[-] johnyma22@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The old 'let perfection be the enemy of good' argument..

Surely this is a step in the right direction?

[-] pitbuster@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

It's not, listen to the blind community instead of making assumptions (I mentioned that in my first comment).

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