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Stephen Downes

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The best way to run AI in the browser is "by running AI models directly on your device, ensuring your sensitive data remains local." So I'm in alignment with Mozilla's main aim here. This post introduces some of those new AI tools in Firefox, including alt text, translation and tab groups. Ah, but there are questions. Can this all be done in the smaller computers Firefox is often run on? Can Mozilla afford to support AI development when it's revenue flow has come into question? Can I turn any of this off? "Smarter and more intuitive" isn't what I always want from my browser. I'm just happy if it shows me a web page as it was written but without the ads.

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Last Updated: Jul 20, 2025 09:28 a.m.

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