Overview
- Ajit Varma announced AI Window as a not-yet-launched, publicly developed space that sits alongside Standard and Private windows in Firefox.
- Mozilla describes the feature as user-controlled, offering an AI assistant and the ability to choose a model, with participation strictly opt-in.
- Forum threads and comments react negatively, including calls for a single, prominent switch to disable all AI functionality.
- Product manager Jolie Huang said Mozilla will add settings to control or disable AI usage and framed the effort as stewarding open, transparent integration.
- The rollout comes after prior AI missteps and trust strains, including a disabled 2023 help bot, reported local LLM performance issues, and recent SUMO volunteer resignations in Japan, as most rival browsers continue to add AI.