Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo writes, "we are in jeopardy of a handful of closed-model companies controlling the browser, the search engine, the AI model, and the surrounding services that connect them." The intent here is to "offer an alternative to global tech monopolies controlling the next digital era." Fair enough. To make this work, you first download the Mozilla Smart Window, which integrates with the firefox browser. When turned on (because you can always turn it off) it gives you an 'AI panel' alongside the web page you're viewing. This panel is powered by an AI model you select - the agreement with Mistral, a French open-weight AI provider, makes one of their models one of these options. What's interesting is that it learns from and remembers what I've been browsing, so it can tailor results to that context. I'm trying it now as I write (it is not writing for me) - it got my first question ('who is the author of this page?') wrong.
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