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OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience (arstechnica.com)
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[-] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 115 points 3 months ago

Sounds like the best thing that could happen to Firefox

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 61 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately, Mozilla is investing a ton of money into AI, too.

[-] exu@feditown.com 28 points 3 months ago

Some of their I initiatives are good, like the built-in local translation tool we now have.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mozilla will loose Google's deal money.

[-] vivendi@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

Mozilla works mainly on LOCAL AI not this corporate trash like closedAI

[-] Bazimon@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Look into Waterfox instead.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

That really doesn't solve the problem, like every other Firefox fork they're completely dependent on Firefox. You can't just make a new webbrowser just like that, and while third party developers can certainly disable some anti-features, there are limits to that and they can definitely not do the basic work that the Firefox devs do (or could do, if Mozilla had different priorities).

[-] grue@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

Mozilla spinning off control of its development to an independent group the way they did with Thunderbird would be the best thing that could happen to Firefox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird :

Operated by MZLA Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird community.

Chrome self-destructing because of stupidity like AI would only ever manage to be a close second, at best.

[-] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

Has Mozilla indicated any openness to taking that approach with Firefox?

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Firefox, the software mainly driven by Mozilla, which is heavily investing in AI and ads ventures? That Firefox?

But, maybe "it will be different this time", I guess.

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