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Firefox @lemmy.ml LWD @lemm.ee 2mo ago

Mozilla warns of AI, privacy violations, loss of consent, and eco-unfriendly tech fads

foundation.mozilla.org Just a moment...

Now that Google and Microsoft each consume more power than some fairly big countries, maybe it's time for 2024 Mozilla to take heed of 2021 Mozilla's warnings.

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Some new preferences in about:config seem to suggest 2021 Mozilla's warnings are being used. In the way they warned against.

browser.ml.

enable

chat.prompts.0

chat.prompts.1

chat.prompts.2

Etc. (Default disabled... For now)

FFAI?
- an optional opt-in sidebar feature that lets you chat with ai, i probably wont use it but its for the people that want it
  
  If you look at the Mozilla community forums before they announced the AI feature, nobody was asking for it.
  
  In fact, Reddit posts from earlier months leaned in the opposite direction, with people thankful that Mozilla had not injected unethical AI into Firefox.
Petty rich coming from Mozilla

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