"In a December 16 blog post, Enzor-DeMeo announced that Firefox would become a “modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.”
But a ringing backlash quickly forced the company into damage control mode."
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It's interesting how people just hate AI. Technologists attribute it to insecurity, like, "Oh those dumb plebs are just scared it's going to take their jobs—which it will 😏"...
But no, that isn't it. You can see it right here in this news story, where—as we're talking about an optional feature that isn't even agentic; agentic browsers being truly dangerous for average internet users—the backlash admittedly is a little bit irrational.
It seems people are just sick of LLMs everywhere at this point. They hate AI videos, AI writing, AI art, AI this, AI that... I'm starting to see why there might indeed be a market bubble, seeing as market demand is turning so hostile. You're better off advertising your services as "AI free" at this point.
Nothing else to add. Just find it funny.
AI runs your data on some cloud, or needs beefy hardware if you host it yourself. In a browser it will definitely be the former, which means constant spying.
Mozilla always said AI was an option, but AIphobic people just could not control themselves.