Hello:
I work in the cultural sector (in the audiovisual industry—film, television series, film festivals), and since my profession is negatively impacted by the rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence, I asked several times through Firefox's social media channels (via private messages or by asking in posts) whether the AI engines in the new Generative AI options that Firefox includes (or will include) will be trained ethically.
And I didn't get a response.
I'll explain (I imagine you already know this): Most Generative AI engines (like ChatGPT) face lawsuits from figures in film, literature, and music because:
These Artificial Intelligence engines are, supposedly, trained with databases that are fed by copyrighted material. (This includes, for example, illustrations, photographs, novels, screenplays, films, television series, songs, newspaper articles, etc.). And all of this, these multinational AI companies supposedly do without the permission of the authors and without paying the corresponding royalties.
Could someone tell me if Mozilla trains its Artificial Intelligence engines ethically and respectfully towards creators in the cultural sector? (For example, the option that allows summarizing web pages, the AI Window...)
By the way, upon seeing the recently implemented AI Chatbot option in the sidebar, I noticed that it includes AI tools that are facing lawsuits from the cultural sector for allegedly infringing the copyright of protected cultural works.
This makes me no longer see Firefox as a safe space for my daily use as a worker in the cultural sector (after using Firefox continuously since its inception).
Mozilla team: You pride yourselves on ethics and on being on the side of your users. So why does their AI chatbot include links to companies facing lawsuits for copyright infringement?
I know that option can be disabled, but it's still enabled by default.
In my opinion, if Mozilla and Firefox want to be on the side of users, they should remove all AI options (like the AI chatbot).
