Share your feedback on the AI services experiment in Nightly

[asafko]

Hi folks, 

In the next few days, we will start the Nightly experiment which provides easy access to AI services from the sidebar. This functionality is entirely optional, and it’s there to see if it’s a helpful addition to Firefox. It is not built into any core functionality and needs to be turned on by you to see it. 

If you want to try the experiment, activate it via Nightly Settings > Firefox Labs (please see full instructions here). 

We’d love to hear your feedback once you try out the feature, and we’re open to all your ideas and thoughts, whether it’s small tweaks to the current experience or big, creative suggestions that could boost your productivity and make accessing your favorite tools and services in Firefox even easier.

Thanks so much for helping us improve Firefox!

[stinkee]

PLEASE NO

[Pingu_UwU]

I would prefer to not have any AI tools in my browser. I have no need for summarizing articles, or a bot to chat with.

[Hannahuha]

Please do NOT do this. Firefox has been the one safe place on the internet to shelter from the dangerous misinformation that AI inherently brings. You will lose respect, users, and money from this endeavor, even if it’s an “opt-in” option now. Save yourself the trouble—AI is already on its way out. Don’t hop on a train to nowhere just because it’s trending.

[CassieT45]

Please DO NOT do this. Terrible decision. All around **bleep**ty idea 

[goopygh0st]

NO. i am so tired of AI being shoved at me by every other corporation. i don't want it on my firefox, this **bleep** is why i left google chrome.

[CharlieGoLight]

Hello, yes, I understand the temptation to utilize AI like many other browsers and companies are doing.

I'm begging you as a user to please not implement it. I have loved everything Firefox has provided for me and others, how it's stood head and shoulders above everyone else in having ethics and a backbone and being user-first.

So to maintain that, I'm asking you to not implement AI at all.

Thank you

[DraconicNEO]

I don't want AI integrated in the browser, AI comes with so many problems from ethical and environmental standpoints. In addition AI will just make the browser heavier and use more System resources. We need to lower Firefox's resource usage, not increase it with garbage that real and sensible people do not care about.
AI is a trend, we need to work on making Firefox better, not jumping on Trends.

[Cinnamon]

Please don't.

[khalid_salad]

I cancelled my recurring monthly donation over the Privacy Preserving Attribution fiasco. I guess now I will find another browser.

[CaptDedEyes]

Right now, the last thing I would want to see in this web browser is generative AI support. These systems are connected to a widespread power & water consumption that's far greater than what the people consume on their own. And the AI is only capable of processing regurgitating information, which takes the fun out of reading things.

Knock it off. I never wanna see another piece of garbage like this ever again.

[Beebear]

No!

[Sarah-B]

I do not want to add any AI to my browser. I've been using Firefox for over 20 years and love Mozilla but please do not jump on the AI bandwagon. I know it's the new hotness in the tech industry but it's a scam and we don't need it.

[youneedtorun]

If "AI" is added to Firefox, I will simply never use the Internet again. It is absolutely polluted with this stuff and is slowly becoming unusable. Please abandon this.

[ironinkpen]

Please keep this optional and opt-in. I respect that you want to experiment in this space, but I would personally  switch to another browser if it becomes a permanent feature, or one where we're automatically opted in. Just seeing how Google search has declined over the past few months is proof enough to me that AI is a nightmare when it comes to providing accurate, useful information. And AI chatbots have an awful environmental impact that I don't at all feel comfortable contributing to. I really hope Firefox keeps the energy waste piece in mind if/when you consider scaling this experiment up.

[P1h3r1e3d13]

Don't do the “Show prompts on text select” thing.

We have a context menu. That's where actions on selections go. Don't add another, more intrusive UI; it'll just have to be the subject of a consolidation/cleanup project later.

[TiredOfTechbros]

The final nails in the coffin of the last good browser. Never trust anyone in tech; they'll always sell you out.

[nolifeisenough]

Do not add AI to Firefox

[elluenda]

NO AI in firefox please!!! DO NOT WANT.

[KPrime]

Mozilla,

I am a 10 year user of Mozilla Firefox as my primary browser and system admin deploying it to enterprise environments. I loved your browser when it was good when it was bad and in between and there have been a few rough patches literally ;). 

I've had a rather rough user experience in 2024 using Firefox on various Linux distro's more so than years previous. Adding features like optional AI when nobody, literally nobody, asked for it instead of focusing on other issues like stability, security, and privacy is a poor decision in my opinion. I understand my opinion is just one tiny stat in your giant pool of users thank you for providing this forum and other methods for feedback. I hope you genuinely track some sentiment metrics for this feature. Please do your due diligence to listen feedback for those willing to give it a try and do not live in an echo chamber of wherever or whomever is pushing AI AI AI. 

After 10 years I'm sorry to say Firefox is no longer my main browser and it won't be default on any of my administrated networks. I will be boycotting your product which I payed 0 dollars for until I see some positive change. 

-Sent from NOT FIREFOX

[mirrorarmor]

Please don't. That kind of synthesis algorithm makes the entire internet harder to use, because it becomes necessary to filter out hallucinated content (and too many people assume that the unmarked generated content is real, which in many cases can be outright dangerous).

If you do proceed with this, it would be wise to add a disclaimer and a non-removable watermark onto anything the algorithm spits out, so that it can be easily identified as being machine synthesized. We are already dealing with too great an increase of misinformation coming from other irresponsible AI experiments.

Misinformation coming from people can be traced to a specific source, and that context examined for credibility. Meanwhile, too many people are far too willing to trust what comes out of a machine that doesn't have the ability to understand what it is spitting out. The current trend of "AI" synthesis that many companies are participating in is ill-thought out and irresponsible. Please reconsider participating in this at all.

[lizrami048]

It's a no from me, dawg. AI integration threatens the artistry and innovation of the human act of creation. No to AI!!

[Ytttrium]

Adding built-in AI features would just make you look more like all the Chromium browsers and drive away the people who use Firefox specifically because it's different from them. If people really want AI, they can go to any one of the many AI websites or install an extension. It is unnecessary to add it into the browser itself.

I use Firefox currently, in part, because it doesn't have AI built in. I would rather that not change.

[GorgorBlaster]

please do not. I like to use my water to drink and to bathe.

[Miriam_lewis]

Part of the reason I switched to Firefox (from Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome) was to get away from all the little AI things worming themselves into every crevice of online life. We don't want it. We don't need it. And frankly this is a huge disappointment. I expected better of this company. Be smart, and stop worrying about being "current" and on top of "the next big thing!" in tech. It's not novel and fun anymore. Honestly, the truly novel thing to do would be to NOT implement anything with AI! Because it's one of the things that sets you apart from everyone else, and you WILL lose people if you keep heading this direction.

[ecackowski]

I am deeply disappointed that this is even being considered. I made the switch to Firefox from Chrome a few years back with confidence and with relief, believing that my browser experience would be better and safer. And I was right! I've really loved using Firefox and have recommended it to friends in the past, especially recently with Chrome/Google going down the toilet in quality.

However, if AI is implemented I will not hesitate to jump ship. AI is environmentally destructive and wasteful, has enabled a lot of art theft and copyright infringement, and has been shown to make search engines just plain worse (see Google's recent switch to AI, and the proliferation of misinformation on that platform thanks to the switch).

Mozilla: I turned to you for quality, and I've had quality! Don't throw that away by chasing a trend that makes your product worse. What sets you apart from other browsers is what makes you great!

[RachelB]

Google is unusable because of AI. Please do not go forward with this.

[NightmareSwag]

Absolutelly never, get that machine out of our browser. We're here to escape Chrome as well as AI, not fall into it again.

[IanMinash]

Could you add a generic UI, like maybe OpenWebUI that allows you to interface with your own custom endpoints, either hosted on the internet or locally through Ollama for example?

[Nunu]

Do not add AI to Firefox.

[JubalBarca]

This is the first time I have ever responded to a Firefox feature discussion, and it's to say that as an ordinary user and someone who's very much supported Firefox and encouraged people to use it over the years, I really enormously don't want large language model content integrated into my Firefox browser and these announcements have had me looking at alternatives for the first time in years. The environmental impact of these systems is absolutely excessive and their outputs are dangerously unreliable.

[kickassfu]

We all use firefox because it doesn't do the same things other browsers do. They aren't supposed to be sellouts. I trust firefox. Going the AI route, as every thing is going nowadays is a mistake. The people don't want this. Firefox users do not want this. Please don't do it.

[Minana]

Oh please for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT implement AI features!

You want to improve Firefox? Keep it away from this AI trend. It is harmful to the environment, to humanity itself, and completely pointless. Not everything needs AI, and certainly not Firefox. Please. This browser is one I have defended on many occasions for its alliance to the users. Don't squander it with this soulless choice.

[xXmattihaseXx]

How about no? I am tired of having to hack AI buttons out of things, would you please save me the effort.

[Hurricane17]

Why would you do that? AI **bleep**ing sucks. Hate this.

[merganfm]

As a loyal firefox user I will be deeply sad if generative AI is added to the browser. It’s environmentally damaging, and other forms of search and client assistant are less prone to falsification

[maomao]

I don't want this, it's not necessary. please dont

[Halfnewb]

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@asafko wrote:

Hi folks, 

In the next few days, we will start the Nightly experiment which provides easy access to AI services from the sidebar. This functionality is entirely optional, and it’s there to see if it’s a helpful addition to Firefox. It is not built into any core functionality and needs to be turned on by you to see it. 

If you want to try the experiment, activate it via Nightly Settings > Firefox Labs (please see full instructions here). 

We’d love to hear your feedback once you try out the feature, and we’re open to all your ideas and thoughts, whether it’s small tweaks to the current experience or big, creative suggestions that could boost your productivity and make accessing your favorite tools and services in Firefox even easier.

Thanks so much for helping us improve Firefox!

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No no no no no no no no no no no.

[oceannotalake]

Please don't do this! A lot of the reason people use firefox is because it doesn't have any AI services or algorithms implemented in it! AI like this is actively contributing to the degradation of the internet and you are one of the last bastions that has not succumbed to it!

[Florence]

Don't.

[apester]

This is a feature I will never use. It is also a feature Firefox should never have. The environmental impact of AI on power usage and water is staggering, which is enough to shelve this on its own.

Are there AI/algorithmic applications in, say, recognizing cancer cells in scientific research? Yes! But I'm guessing you are trying to put in a **bleep**ty LLM that is trained on data it was not given permission to use and has not been screened for implicit biases and not giving us all early cancer screenings for free.