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In February, Mozilla Firefox revealed that the company was adding third-party AI to its browser. This week, the company further revealed that it’s doing so via “AI windows” for ChatGPT and other services.
Back in its original announcement, Mozilla said it was actually deploying third-party AI services to a small portion of its user base. This week, Mozilla said it’s working on public and private “AI windows” to provide the same capabilities. That’s on top of the ability to chat with a third-party AI inside the sidebar, including Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Le Chat Mistral, and Microsoft Copilot.
It’s an odd strategy given that most of Mozilla’s rivals have rushed to incorporate AI directly in their browsers, like Edge and Copilot, Google Chrome and Gemini, or Brave and its Leo AI services. Allowing users to choose their AI seems reasonable, but it’s also a little strange how slowly Mozilla is deploying this capability given the breakneck speed at which AI is being rolled out elsewhere. Mozilla didn’t give a timetable on when these AI windows would be completed.
“[AI windows are] a new, intelligent, and user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse, all on your terms,” Mozilla said. “Completely opt-in, you have full control, and if you try it and find it’s not for you, you can choose to switch it off.”
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Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor, PCWorld
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