I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla (manualdousuario.net)

Mozilla announced "Window AI," a built‑in AI assistant for Firefox that will be offered as a third browsing mode alongside Normal and Private tabs. Details are sparse, but Mozilla says Window AI is a deeper integration than the current sidebar that links to third‑party chatbots, will be strictly opt‑in, and is framed around user control. A waitlist and a forum thread invite community input — but early feedback has been uniformly negative in that thread (52 responses at time of reporting), with many users asking Mozilla to abandon adding AI features to the browser. For the AI/ML community this matters because browsers are major vectors for model deployment and user data flows. If Firefox ships a native assistant, choices about model sourcing (local vs. cloud), API partners, telemetry, and privacy protections will set important precedents. Technical implications include how Mozilla integrates models into the UX, whether on‑device inference or server-side APIs are used, and how extensions and third‑party AI services interoperate. The move pits Mozilla against better‑funded AI-enabled browsers and highlights tensions between innovation and user trust; it may drive demand for privacy-preserving ML techniques, clearer data‑use guarantees, and open standards for browser‑embedded AI.