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Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)
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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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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Good enough I guess?

But why spend resources on useless features that nobody asked for and nobody's going to take advantage of? Instead of, you know, implementing anything that may benefit the users?

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[–] mint_tamas@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days 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.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Too late. He’s already shown his true colors.

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[–] teft@piefed.social 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They must've noticed people fleeing in droves to librewolf or floorp.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days 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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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Add a compile flag!

[–] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days 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.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't Mozilla Corp. supposed to be an ethical enterprise? How's this ethical at all in any respect? How companies like these got convinced that so-called AIs are something users overwhelmingly want to use? Why, by default, users would want to fuck the atmosphere and several markets, so they can have shitty tweaked images and probably bad answers to the most simple questions?

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Thing about it currently is, these "ai" tools built into browsers are a huge security risk... they have access to basically everything the browser does. A prompt on some web page can tell the ai to go do what ever the he'll the attacker wants? Your bank login Details, sure why not! Your saved passwords built into Firefox sure why not... like no thank you

[–] daellat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Any Firefox forks that support HDR? I know ff doesn't on its own but I also don't really want to use chrome or edge. I'm open to suggestions.

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