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!

[Semyas]

Nope.

[DoveLavender]

Please don't add AI to Firefox... it's been such a relief that it wasn't a "feature", I would be very upset if that changed.

[Briar75]

Absolutely not. If I see AI in my browser I swear to **bleep**ing christ I will go off the deep end 🙂

[Kitp]

Please don't... I hate seeing ai everywhere I don't want it on my default browser too...

[brhar98]

Do NOT.

[DustBunny]

Generative AI is inconsistent, unreliable, and often times outright dangerous with the hallucinated information it parrots out with no way of knowing if it's real. Not to mention it's downright terrible for the environment with how much water it consumes to cool its servers. It's nothing but the current tech corporation buzzword that out of touch executives like hearing and nobody else has any practical use for. It's digital snake oil. Do not implement an AI feature into Firefox. We are so tired of AI already.

[DDRitter]

No to any AI bull**bleep**. We did not learn nothing since Clippy? It's not helpful. Period.

Also thanks for asking. I really hope that you also listen.

[Belderchal]

I was GOING to switch to firefox, my WIFE was going to switch to firefox too!!! If you implement this dog**bleep** AI crap then we're NOT GOING TO

[gn4rpz]

hi! do not put ai in the browser! generative ai is not only inherently predicated on the theft of writing and art from others who are not given the chance to consent, but a 5 second google search will show that the cost of ai is STEEP - and not just financially, they are also massively environmentally taxxing due to the amount of energy and water they need to be kept operating. we need to be limiting usage of these horrible things, NOT PUTTING THEM IN THE BROWSER.

if you really think you need generative ai to make your browser work, then you have failed at your job. firefox has worked just fine without this "feature", and the only reason I can think of that it would be added is to appeal to out-of-touch, self-important, entitled techbros that don't care about the damage these machines are causing.

[winsomej]

We don’t want any AI features at all! Firefox worked beautifully before AI, and it’s deeply frustrating that so many search engines have started shoving it in our faces. I had hoped that Firefox would remain AI-free entirely.

[Vo1tur3]

Not a fan of AI, useless, boring and makes me hate your brand.

[sharknng]

No thank you! I like firefox because it feels like it WON'T jump on these bloatware features made for profit's sake. I'm glad it's optional, but I'd rather not have it at all. If people love AI so much they can go to Edge or Chrome 😕

[the-young-nina]

Please Don't

[DBlair44]

AI is practically everywhere now, it is so annoying to see. It has security, copyright, enviornmental, and energy concerns that need to be addressed before it continues to infect and invade our lives like it has. It's treated as this new fun thing and while it has the potential to be, in its current state, it's incredibly flawed and any company worth their salt would wait until there is ai available that addresses these concerns. Hopping on this trend is only going to spell out a PR disaster for companies, corparations, and most importantly, it would harm it's users. I believe it would be in my best interest to either lock the version of firefox I'm on right now or find a new browser. All I know is I'm going to stop recommending and supporting Firefox due to it's usage of ai. Shame on Firefox, and shame on any parent companies/whatever it has. I hope they change their decision.

[ghostboy]

hi! ive been using firefox for a couple years now and im begging you not to use AI. i use firefox bc it does not do all the bs that google does, and i would love firefox to stay that way. i think many others agree with the sentiment that we in no way want AI features on firefox. 

thank you for always trying to improve our experience, but i promise this is not the move for that.

[cecilholly]

no

[rrrrrey]

Absolutely no AI.

[rachaella22]

Please do not incorporate AI into Firefox. I specifically switched to Firefox to escape the AI features integrated into other platforms, and I know this is the case for a lot of other users as well

[aero8]

No one wants AI.

[AliceTheGamer]

Literally kill yourself if you're gonna add AI to Firefox

[plexiglas4570]

Please don't add any AI to Firefox.

It's unnecessary.

It produces massive amounts of CO2.

It threatens privacy.

It's training is based on using contents without consent.

Please, don't do it. And if you do, do it as a plugin to let users opt-it, but don't impose it on everyone.

I've been using Firefox for more than 10 years, and I'll sure switch to other browser if it gets any AI.

[Fantasmita]

Please, not add AI bull**bleep** to the browser.

[APerezPosada]

The so poorly called AI software such as generative and large language models are killing the planet and increasing the gap between the rich and the working class. There is nothing furthest from Firefox and OSS goals. Don’t add this. Nobody asked. Actually quite the opposite. 

[abbyskelajammer]

Hi, longtime Firefox user here, please please do not do this

[NotInterested]

Mardak, are you an AI engineer? Most of your replies are defensive or disingenuous in a way that implies that you feel threatened by the general ethical concerns, which I could see why you would be if your job at Mozilla is "AI integration in firefox". Are you perhaps too personally involved in this situation to take the feedback you are receiving as data on user concerns and wants?

[kinocharlley]

No. terrible idea

[Nrwgn_VKNG]

Please no. You're the best already and there is no need to ruin a perfect browser.

[timmm]

please no

[Finch]

No thank you! AI goes against everything I like about Firefox. I don't want yet another system spying on me and harvesting my information.

[WoopSi3s]

NO PLEASE DON'T ADD AI PLEASE NO

[Kepp]

I understand that AI is the new trend, but I use Firefox for it's safety, it's approcciability, and the fact I know it has my best interests at heart. AI is a fad, is wasteful, a trend, and people are rightfully sceptical of it. Your user base is made of people who want to have a reliable browsers with no frills and dumb trends, please reconsider

[denics]

If this is a joke, it isn't funny.

Firefox doesn't need this, and people don't want this.

Seriously. Don't do this.

[MrInjuries]

Considering I can do what the ai could do already with fewer environmental/privacy concerns I'd prefer not to have that. Like I'm a bit sick of generative AI in general to be honest. 

[TheVoidIsBees]

Please do not implement this! I see many people sharing the same sentiment but we're all tired of having "AI features" shoved into our faces everywhere else. These features do not improve the user experience and often make it considerably worse while taking up a crazy amount of resources, mostly electricity and water.

I, like many others, switched to Firefox because I wanted a browser that offered a better user experience. If you do integrate these AI features, I will immediately switch browsers. And I suspect many others will too. Just do the smart thing and don't do this.

[om1]

no thank you!

[Ziggurat3]

Hey don't do that. It's terrible for the environment and the results suck

[fruitsnommy]

please do not add this, firefox is one of the few good ways to use the internet nowadays, i wouldn't like to see it tainted with the AI fad, generative AI like chatgpt (which in the article is said you can use with this) is garbage, things like this are not "ingredients to make our experiences better"

[Arachnerd]

This is a terrible idea. Nobody wanted this - if the small few supporters really wanted an AI chatbot they have many other options to choose from that wouldn't be breaking the trust between Firefox and its users. They even have other browsers.

We came to you because you didn't do the stuff other browsers started doing. This trust that you're playing with, that you've built up over decades, will be impossible to regain if you go through with this.

[VaeVictus13th]

ABSOLUTELY NOT

Try it and your users will leave

[Addragh]

I fail to see how any web browser should have AI shoved into it. There are no core problems with the experience of browsing the web that could be solved with AI, especially not with the plagiarism laundering ones we have now. It's a well-known fact that the companies behind these models don't care about getting proper consent for using the data they collect to train them on. Is it really a good idea to sacrifice privacy, something that both users and Mozilla use as a talking point for switching to Firefox, for some supposed benefit that currently eludes us?