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!

[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.

[Nobody_of_note]

Staff responses told me all I need to know.  Mozilla isn't what it used to be, and I will be switching browsers, moving any of my Mozilla services to another provider, and cancelling my subscriptions.

You don't care what we say, hopefully you'll care what we do.  Before it's too late.

[SomeOtherUser]

Do you have a browser you recommend for this? It's getting hard to find browsers that aren't based on chromium and don't have AI. I'm not very tech-literate so I don't know how to find one really.

[PurgingSmuggler]

I've seen Librewolf mentioned at the very top (?) of the thread iirc, was told Brave is also FF based and Vivaldi is apparently chromium based.

[Nobody_of_note]

Librewolf is where I'm landing.  Brave added some crypto BS a while back and I dropped it ASAP.

[PurgingSmuggler]

Oh that's very good to know!

[KDPWildwood]

I downloaded Vivaldi. I checked out Librewolf, but honestly I'm not sure I'd use it effectively given that I'm not actually in a tech field or anything and don't usually tend to get THAT into the details and programming of whatever I'm using

[grimmdog]

i will stop using firefox if AI integration is added

[JM_Rivera]

Me too! ❤️ :^D

[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.

[RainbowCrows]

Do I want AI in Firefox?

I would rather set myself on fire.

Please keep it out. Yes, even as an "option".

[IanaLunette]

No.

[Honeybee793]

Good heavens, why would you? I switched to Firefox precisely to get away from all of this earth-murdering, soul-destroying, profit-worshiping madness. Look to who your user-base actually is, Mozilla. You'll find your answers.

[Anonymous]

No more AI crap. We're already filling the internet with garbage and killing the environment as it is

[hippilessrich]

you **bleep**ing up the perfect browser !

[hippilessrich]

i already stopped using duckduckgo because of the a.i crap they added ,im thinking **bleep** can computer completely ! this would be final straw !

[S_kay]

Please do not? The only reason I use Firefox still is because it does not have AI. Thank you for not putting AI in it❤️.

[SomeOtherUser]

Don't do this. Don't do this. I have been trying to actively avoid using services that use AI. I would rather not have to avoid using Firefox.

[hulufei]

1. Add keyboard shortcut to toggle AI services sidebar.

2. Visual feedback on focus in chat input box.

[Bex]

Please do not alienate your loyal users by jumping on the terrible AI train. We do not want this, we did not ask for it, distinguish yourself by not buying into the bull**bleep** and falling for the lemon of AI.

[TenTheArtist]

I am opposed to the current use of generative AI not only because it steals works from real humans with zero credit given but it also uses a lot of energy and other resources to function.  I am using Firefox over any of the other search engines out there in part because your browser is not forcing this "feature" on its users by default.

[Oynezra]

Yeah, gonna have to jump in on this to say ABSOLUTELY NO. You've built up a massive amount of good will and support, with many wanting to push to make Firefox everyone's default browser. Do not throw this all away for a quick buck. You are about to burn down everything you've worked to build with no way to ever recover. No. Do Not.

DO NOT ADD AI.

[sockandkey]

please please please don't!!! most of the reason I use firefox is because it has good features and privacy settings. generative AI uses ridiculous amounts of power, is fueled by uncredited work, and (if google's AI feature is any proof) often generates potentially dangerous misinformation.

[Anonymous]

Please don't.

[ShiraCheshire]

**bleep** no, like holy **bleep**, this is the worst possible idea. Find whoever suggested this and throw their entire person into the trash can and never speak about this again.

[s38n]

Please don't. Ai has shown to be bull**bleep** that has only worsen the diferent programs where it's being added. For the good of the users of firefox don't add it

[Calleeflower]

NO DO NOT DO THIS! IF I WANT AI, I WILL SEEK IT OUT! 

[tutorpeople]

Don't do this, please.

[razeghi71]

I can't believe all this hatred, I love this feature. It helps me better understand what I'm reading on a web page using my existing ChatGPT subscription, which has honestly saved me so much time and money. Other extensions rely on an API key from OpenAI that costs extra money over the existing subscription. This has really made my workflow 100% faster. Thanks!

[RainbowCrows]

You can't believe all the hatred because you didn't bother reading people's reasonable concerns about AI, or because you can't understand what you read even with AI "help"?

[uid65534]

For real, the amount of people that fail to understand what this experiment is even for in this thread is insane.

FFS it is even opt-in. Nobody is making anyone use this feature for those that are panicing about their tinfoil hat opinions on the topic because they don't understand how these models are offered, including local LLMs. The whole conversation here has 'ban 5G' vibes lol.

[NightmareSwag]

Perhaps you should improve your reading comprehension instead of asking a machine to do that for you.

[HiHoGandalfAway]

Bad idea - not only are the ethics generally whack but AI searches return horrendous results and generative AI can't do anything I don't want to do.

It's also wildly unpopular as a concept with your userbase.