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Mozilla wants your input. Please provide it.

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Here's mine.

#OpenSource #OpenWeb #Privacy #AI

What do you want to see from Mozilla in the future? As a longtime and respected open source professional, I finally want to have a good answer when someone asks me, "What has Mozilla done for us lately?" I haven't had that answer for many a year. The perception of Mozilla in the greater open source community is that of a company that breaks its promises (where's Pocket?) and panders to big tech, unwilling or unable to take a strong principled stance lest it lose its grip on its purse strings. Mozilla has flailed, starting and ending what feels like more products/projects than Google. It needs to refocus on its mission and double-down on regaining the trust of the community. I do NOT want to see a focus on AI. At all. It's a red herring that's distracting from the mission, not an add-on to it. Furthermore, the ethics of AI (no matter its source) are questionable at best. Aside from IP and other concerns, even the most "open" AI still contributes greatly to degrading our environment. Anything beyond eschewing this tech trend feels antithetical to Mozilla's mission and brand.

What Is Your Dream for Mozilla?

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#privacy #opensource #ai #openweb
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Kevin Russell
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Kevin Russell
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I want mozilla to PREVENT AI - to create a field where AI can't operate. To bring an entire domain's AI to a halt on click.

#ai

#ai
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Stefan Gast
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I doubt that they will actually listen, but I've participated anyway, just to let them know.
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Julian H
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Julian H
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@lars @notbobbytables can you listen to any single piece of feedback you get about AI? With the amount of new shitty AI "features" being added to Firefox it really seems like our feedback is being sent to the trash.

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And for duckduckgo: voteyesornoai.com/vote/results

In case it isn't clear: WE DO NOT WANT GENERATIVE AI. OF ANY KIND.


Building AI the Firefox way: Shaping what’s next together

Hi everyone, We recently shared how we’re approaching AI in Firefox with user choice and openness at the center of everything we build.
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Duke of Germany 💫

2026-01-07 10:25:37

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Let's ask the real question:

Firefox users,

do you want any AI directly built into Firefox, or separated out into extensions?

@firefoxwebdevs
@davidgerard
@tante

#Firefox #InformedConsent


@Stefan Gast @Lars Eggert
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