Background Mozilla launched Tab Grouping in early 2025, allowing tabs to be arranged and grouped with persistent labels. It was the most requested feature in the history of Mozilla Connect.
Gross. How the mighty have fallen.
Under the hood: How Firefox suggests tab groups with local AI | The Mozilla Blog
Submitted 5 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/ai-tech/ai-tab-groups/
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belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 days ago
DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I think they’re on the right path with this; developing small models than run locally, are purpose specifc, and don’t require sending data to a server farm is a good thing. I think they deserve credit for investigating a sustainable path for this technology to be useful.
I will hold it against them that the training data was generated by ChatGPT, that’s problematic for many reasons. But that’s not my point.
A lot of people seem to be freaking out like Mozilla simply embeded ChatGPT and gave it access to all your data, which they haven’t.
This gives me hope that Mozilla is coming back as a technology innovator because they are clearly taking steps to address the many significant concerns with this technology. It seems to me the plan is to start small (tab groups, and alt text generation) and establish a roadway forward on a good foundation.
To me (reading this article) the difference is clear. OpenAI is creating technology to replace you with a climate burning machine, Mozilla is trying to make your tools better and not senselessly waste resources.
🤷
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Proper, URL-barless webapp support seems much more important a priority than implementing AI features that needlessly increase browser resource usage.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 5 days ago
What a nightmare Firefox has become, my experience going to a bog-standard de-googled chromium browser has shown me truly how much I’ve given up all in the name of open standards and free software. After roughly 20 years with Firefox I don’t think I’m ever coming back. The decline is accelerating.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 days ago
On desktop? With a few flags, it’s fine. I switch between Firefox and Cromite, and Firefox still feels better with a lot of content.
…On Android through, it’s not even close. You’d be crazy to use FF.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 5 days ago
I’m not satisfied with merely disabling, I want it gone. I’m not satisfied with having to edit flags to disable it.
I have not seen a single case of FF outperforming or providing a better experience on desktop compared to other browsers.
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 days ago
More bloat and AI that I neither need nor want.