DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.

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    7 months ago

    First people thought Firefox was the beacon of privacy, but they’re leaning on AI.

    Now DDG is doing it?

    What timeline are we in?

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      7 months ago

      All of Firefox’s ai initiatives including translation and chat are completely local. They have no impact on privacy.

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      7 months ago

      Firefox’s AI will be run entirely locally, information you feed it will be completely optional, and allegedly uses ethical training data where nothing was stolen. It’s private.

      It will be used for things like offline translation, finding alternative sources for articles, spotting fake reviews, in the future better text to speech and image recognition for accessibility purposes, etc.

      I think you’re having a kneejerk reaction of “All AI is bad, we must reject technology and embrace tradition”, which isn’t the right response to have. There are valid usecases, IMO, particularly for people with usability requirements.

      Besides, the usual people who complain about Mozilla will complain if Firefox implements AI features, and they’ll also complain if they don’t, saying they’re falling further behind. Mozilla can’t win with you people.