Mozilla announces an AI ‘window’ for Firefox
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Mozilla is developing an AI Window for Firefox, an opt-in feature with an AI assistant and chatbot. It aims to be a user-controlled companion that enhances browsing without locking users in, and users can choose their preferred AI model.
Another day, another AI browser. This time, it’s Firefox, the self-described “independent browser” from Mozilla. Firefox says it is building an AI browsing feature called AI Window that includes an AI assistant and chatbot. The company calls it an opt-in “intelligent and user-controlled space” that is currently being built “in the open” with user input.
In September, the company launched a “shake to summarize” feature in Firefox that uses AI to generate summaries of webpages that are open on your iPhone. Mozilla positions itself as the respectful browsing company that gives users the option to use as much AI as they want.
“While others are building AI experiences that keep you locked in a conversational loop, we see a different path — one where AI serves as a trusted companion, enhancing your browsing experience and guiding you outward to the broader web,” Mozilla wrote on its company blog.
AI Window will be one of three browsing experiences offered to Firefox users in addition to the private and classic windows. In a post to the Mozilla Connect forum on Thursday, the company wrote that users will be able to pick the AI model they want to use in AI Window, but offered few additional details. Users interested in updates about the AI Window product can join Mozilla’s waitlist.