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After the controversial news shared earlier this week by Mozilla’s new CEO that Firefox will evolve into “a modern AI browser,” the company now revealed it is working on an AI kill switch for the open-source web browser.

On Tuesday, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo was named the new CEO of Mozilla Corporation, the company behind the beloved Firefox web browser used by almost all GNU/Linux distributions as the default browser.

In his message as new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo stated that Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software while remaining the company’s anchor, and that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

What was not made clear is that Firefox will also ship with an AI kill switch that will let users completely disable all the AI features that are included in Firefox. Mozilla shared this important update earlier today to make it clear to everyone that Firefox will still be a trusted web browser.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 56 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I probably would, if the organizational structure and its spending focus(es) weren't so fucked up. They have been spending insane amounts of money on bullshit like AI instead of core browser features, and their leadership has extremely high wages for something that should be a non-profit open source organization. And it has been like this for years at this point.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 hours ago

Their CEO makes more than I think CEOs should earn in general, but the rest of their executives earn relatively normal to low salaries for their roles and the sector.

Non-profit doesn't mean everyone works for free.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Well to be fair they only had that or onlyfans to get paid to sit there playing with themselves.

[–] dublet@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They'd have done less damage going for the OF option.

I mean, I bet they'd make a killing off of Firefox themed thigh highs...