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!

[Qhaz]

ENOUGH with the AI stuff! We don't need chatbots, we don't need 'AI' assistants, we don't need these privacy invasive programs that scrape and plagerize writing and art made by real actual people. We don't need this GARBAGE.

[Aftermathplannr]

The circles of people who use Firefox over the ten different chrome browsers and people who like the current “AI” tools companies are sticking onto everything to make their products look better is two circles.

[zackarired]

Absolutely the f not.

[modrnprometheus]

Do not.

[barnix]

I've only been using it for a day, but my initial thoughts are positive! Big fan of the AI Chatbot feature, specifically HuggingChat.

I would love if there was a shortcut so i can expand/collapse the Chatbot sidebar.

[Aleksorsist]

AI? No thanks

[heartofhubris]

Please don't

[Bottan]

Can we not have this? Please.

[LeatherOtter]

I do not want ANY AI functions at all

[Iceycube]

No, thanks

[chriziegler]

I'm fine with this only if it is strictly opt-in. I do not want my browser to foist AI features onto me, but I have no problem with making it available for interested parties to use

[eriyu]

I'm one more person who's made an account purely to let you know that after being a huge Firefox advocate for years, I WILL uninstall if AI is forced on me.

I'm sick and tired of having to trawl the Internet for the most obscure programs and solutions to use because there are no polished products that respect me as a user. But I'll do it as many times as I have to.

[Botanical_Goop]

Main part of moving to firefox was to get away from the encroaching en**bleep**tification being implemented in other web browsers.

I will not be signing up for ai now or ever

[LunaLucille]

Please do NOT add AI to firefox!!Firefox!!! I SPECIFICALLY CAME to Firefox from Chrome to escape that **bleep**!! I'm probably in the right when I say this, everybody who's smart enough to use Firefox hates AI

[sixohsix]

The integration of AI into other browsers is not making them better. I'm required to use Edge for work, and the AI sidebar constantly pops open and provides only garbage. Microsoft have made it deliberately hard to hide this sidebar and button because they want the branding opportunity, but in use it's terrible. 

If Firefox was first to offer such a capability I'd understand why you'd want to try this, but this feature is just chasing features from other browsers that users already hate. Please try something else.

[sh47]

I will switch to a new browser i didnt switch to firefox for **bleep** like this

[SeafoamTaide]

Oh my god please do not. Don't. Don't. No one needs this. You're the last bastion of browsers that don't totally suck don't do this

[Asj]

Please do not. One of the reasons I changed to Firefox was to get rid of the AI fluff.

It's like if in the 1990's every business you walked into had added TY Beanie Baby wallpaper and had employees wearing silly themed hats.

Internet Browsers don't need cute gimmicks. People use browsers for actual reasons. Browsers and search engines should both be reliable and simple to use. Even if you're only talking about advertising AI, it doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

(I'm not going to try it. I'm disgusted with the whole AI gimmick and hope the trend ends soon.)

[JessicaFEREM]

One of the biggest issues I see is coming from business users of Firefox. Some companies will not allow programs that could potentially have access to Generative AI, even if it's just forcibly disabled, it can't be in the code. This would make it difficult, if not impossible to get Firefox approved for use on those work computers.

This just seems like a really poorly thought out feature, it could've just been an extension.

[Lightcell]

As a firefox user I expect that Mozilla acts with caution and consideration when updating and adding features to their browser. Even thinking about adding AI services is neither of those things, this idea should be abandoned, Firefox thrives on being an old style browser and not being like Chromium browsers adding AI services loses a part of this key aspect of this browser. Generative AI is a mediocre and milquetoast invention that is neither useful or capable of advancing our use of technology. Please reconsider this choice,  not only is AI a trend, it's a highly damaging one, with the electrical and computing power required to operate these causing damage to the enviroment.

Thank you for considering my response I hope you make the right choice.

[anth]

Very no.

I’ve been a firefox user for just about as Long as there’s been a firefox. It is what I recommend to folks on most platforms. If this gets included in the base distribution, i will absolutely have to reconsider that. I don’t want this code *in* my browser, no off-by-default nonsense.

to be clear, this is not a “just ignore it if you don’t like it“ situation. Shipping this in the browser absolutely makes me question the judgment of the core Firefox team. It is a trust issue.

[Revie]

Absolutely not.

[Revie]

Absolutely not. 

[Shuurros]

Not sure this is a great idea

[Viatria]

Hey do you guys know any good browsers that aren't chromium based or pushing AI?

[Silvestria]

Please do NOT add AI to Firefox.

[Jen5000]

No thanks on the AI. I prefer Firefox over most other browsers BECAUSE it didn't use the enviroment AND privacy damaging tech but if the people behind Firefox seriously implement this feature, I'm out of here. Dump the whole thing please.

[libirose]

Please cease this immediately. I've been using Firefox since release, I don't want to have to find a new browser.

[Necra]

One of the major reasons I use Firefox is the lack of AI. I am firmly anti AI. AI also has a huge negative environmental impact with no clear benefit to me. Please do not implement it. Thank you

[RSEDENT]

No.

[RSEDENT]

no.

[TMTH28]

Absolutely not. AI is such an invasive, overreacting technology being forced into every aspect of our lives. AI models are built on mass theft and plagiarism. Functionally it's a security nightmare.

You say this toggle is optional but the fact you're even entertaining the idea is a bad sign for the future regarding Mozilla's leadership and general philosophy. It's only a matter of time before it's no longer an option.

Firefox is one of the few bastions of secure and accessible internet left. I have to assume Mozilla is aware of the problems with AI. I hope this post is not just a PR stunt to make it look like you care about your users while proceeding with this ill advised implementation. I would hate to go back to friends, family, and coworkers and tell them I no longer recommend Firefox as a browser, but I will do it if I must.

[AwakenSoul]

Do not implement it. Do NOT include it optionally either. It's an unnecessary function that serves the wants of the few at the expense of the many.

In addition, I am requesting that you and your organization take a firm anti-generative AI stance on the whole.

[mashtonok]

please don't do this. the lack of this kind of ai was one of the biggest reasons i came to firefox in the first place

[Twirrim]

Please no.  Please stop wasting dev time and money on these "features", that could instead be spent on polishing Firefox.

[Frankie]

I really, really don't want this to happen. I installed Firefox to get away from having language models and AI thrown in my face. I'm sure others can relate.

[cloudyishdays]

Stop cut it out

[RKV]

I swear to god, I'll stop using Firefox.

[habitualyIronic]

I don't want AI anywhere near my browser, please. I've been a loyal Mozilla user for over a decade, i subscribe to both Mozilla VPN and Mask Relay, and I really really don't want AI

[Megajotb]

Dear God please no