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Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Doorknob@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

This is good enough for me. If they have an on boarding step/popup to say "Try our AI crap" and I have an option to say "No and don't ever bother me about this again", then it's fine.

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[–] TeamTeddy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I think they should keep the murderous name, because at this point who DOESNT want AI dead?

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Too little, too late. I already switched and won't be returning as long as the CEO is still employed there.

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo can suck a dick and die in a fire. I hope your company fails due to your disastrous decisions.

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[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is the Mozilla Foundations version of "we dun goofed"

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago

Admitting fault is good, offering a way to fix it is better. We should applaud that that recognise, admit and want to remedy their mistake.

[–] starblursd@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Well that's better than nothing but I will continue to use forks that completely strip that shit out. It would be better if they just didn't include it at all or it was off by default and could be enabled. But I know they got to get their money somehow but I digress

[–] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Waterfox for android and librewolf for desktop sounds good all of a sudden

[–] mint_tamas@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Oh, it “wasn’t made clear” SUUURE. Addressing a blowback could be way better if you admitted a mistake instead of gaslighting your users. Not the way to earn back lost trust.

[–] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I've been a user of Firefox since before it was called Firefox. I'm exploring different options now and I'm not interested in how they try to bandaid this. I know if they put in a switch it'll eventually be taken out.

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