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[–] xartle@reddthat.com 29 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

I don't think anyone actually read the announcement, just the headline. Here was the new CEOs actual first point.

"First: Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it."

[–] Dazed_Confused@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn ~~off~~ on. That's how it should be.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 35 minutes ago

I despise AI. I don't want it in my browser. If I want to use AI, I'll go to Mistral or Claude.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

there is absolutely zero reason to put ai in firefox

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Local ML translation was pretty cool

[–] drspectr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

exactly it should be a firefox extension, anyone can install if they want it.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago

First, there should be a survey on what users actually want, no?

Because if no one wants AI and it's "always a choice", what you really do is waste considerable resources with as the only results, more settings users have to go through before starting using their browsers.