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.
Unpopular opinion, I can kind of see why they want to bring AI features. I would much ratter like they rely on third parties plugins for AI implementation, but if some AI features becomes standard in next couples of months/years, people will blame them for not have jumped on that train. I'm really skeptical about all of this but I'm willing to wait and see what exactly they have in mind. I won't hesitate to switch to a fork if it's some google-like bullshit. Careful Mozilla, we are legions to watch your next move.