What the fuck does that even mean, “AI browsing”?
Firefox is Getting a New AI Browsing Mode
Submitted 2 months ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-ai-window-browsing-mode-coming
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Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 months ago
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Prolly like if you look up something that doesn’t actually exist, it’ll find you results anyways.
This ought to be fun for Rule 34…
Meron35@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There is an AI browser war going on right now, see Comet (Perplexity), Atlas (ChatGPT), Claude AI Agent from Chrome etc.
They work by letting the AI continuously see everything your browser can see, such as your emails, banking details, financial habits, online shopping accounts, etc.
By doing so, they promise to be better digital assistants, so that you ask just ask the browser to do tasks such as online shopping, booking holidays, etc.
Even ignoring the severe privacy concerns, AI browsers are significantly prone to prompt injection. That is, any random webpage with hidden text can override the instructions you give it to carry out malicious attacks.
Griffus@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Thanks for the explanation. I hate it.
riskable@programming.dev 2 months ago
Today, when you search for something you get a handful of ads, SEO-sponsored bullshit, and maybe the 6th link will be what you were actually looking for.
When you tell the AI agent (in your browser) to search for something, not only do you get the most relevant results (because you can make your prompt vastly more specific and detailed), you completely skip all that other stuff that you didn’t want.
I’ve been saying for some time now that AI is going to kill free search engines because it’s such a better way to search for stuff. Free search engines like Google and SEO-optimizing companies are hindrances to efficient browsing and drowning the web in bullshit. Poisoning search results.
An AI agent will skip past all that stuff and give you just what you want; you never see any ads!
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
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Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s assuming the AI won’t look at the results and still make shit up. I’ve used AI-assisted search and i know that it’s not reliable.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ah yes, because there’s no way the programmers won’t induce bias in their AIs
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Ewww
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 months ago
With their user base, or with this particular social media bubble we're in right now?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
You probably already live in some sort of bubble if you’re a Firefox user. Most people straight up don’t care about the things Firefox offers, and what it offers (better privacy, a functioning extension system including adblockers) is diametrically opposed to using LLMs IMO.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 months ago
Mozilla needs to die and be reborn under the wing of better management and community drive, because they seem to have been captured by money hungry fucks. They dont give a shit about opensource. It’s just a pipe through which they can get Google money.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 months ago
I hate it
Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Are they jonesing for openai giving them another google-sized payout? Otherwise I don’t get the rationale, the overlap of their users and people wanting ai browser is one freshman from California? Not to mention Firefox has nowhere near enough cash to burn on this thing to compete with AI companies doing the exact same thing.
(obligatory “ai, ew")
kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not just browsers … Take a look at what Microsoft has in mind for Windows 11. windowslatest.com/…/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent…
tornavish@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
They made a version of windows after 2000?
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No, that’s Windows 11 - older version than 2000. The good one was 1736.
Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
And it’s gonna be shiiit
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wonder if I could use this to just browse for me. like 24 hour, round the clock browsing. see a link, click the link. see an ad, click the ad.
just really fuck up all their metrics.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Auto-clicking ads to fuck up metrics is already a thing: adnauseam.io
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
true, but it wouldn’t fuck up Mozilla’s metrics.
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 2 months ago
You’re on to something here.
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Isn’t it opt in?
DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
[deleted]rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Yep. That’s already how the current “machine learning” functionality in Firefox works, you need to go into about:config to turn it all off. Y’know, because it’s such a niche thing to want when you’re using a (somewhat) privacy-focused webbrowser.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
i like mullvad’s browser
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 2 months ago
🤮
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Who the fuck asked for a Firefox AI browsing mode?
zib@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dunno, but I’ll be asking for a way to completely disable it.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 months ago
Probably LibreWolf.
jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Which they will provide without being asked for it.