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Mozilla Announces Opt-In 'AI Window' Mode for Firefox

The company is building it in public with a waitlist after early community pushback.

Overview

  • AI Window is planned as a third browsing experience alongside Classic and Private modes, and it is not yet launched.
  • Mozilla emphasizes user control with an optional assistant and promised model choice, but it has not detailed providers, local versus cloud processing, data handling, or a release timetable.
  • Users can join a waitlist to test early versions as Mozilla invites feedback through its forums and open development process.
  • Mozilla says it is developing enterprise policies so administrators can hide AI interface elements or disable AI features entirely.
  • Early reactions on Mozilla Connect and support forums show strong opposition and requests for a simple global off switch, following unease from earlier AI experiments such as the sidebar chatbot and the SUMO bot controversy.