Mozilla is building ‘AI windows’ in Firefox and giving full control to you

In February, Mozilla Firefox revealed that the company was adding third-party AI to its browser. This week, the company further revealed that it is doing this through “AI windows” for ChatGPT and other services.

In its initial announcement, Mozilla said it was actually rolling out third-party AI services for a small portion of its user base. This week, Mozilla announced that it was working on public and private “AI windows” to provide the same capabilities. This is in addition to the ability to chat with third-party AI in the sidebar, including Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Le Chat Mistral, and Microsoft Copilot.

This is a strange strategy given that most of Mozilla’s competitors have rushed to integrate AI directly into their browsers, such as Edge and Copilot, Google Chrome and Gemini, or Brave and its Leo AI services. Allowing users to choose their AI seems reasonable, but it’s also a bit strange how slowly Mozilla is rolling out this feature given the breakneck speed at which AI is being rolled out elsewhere. Mozilla did not give a timeline on when these AI windows would be completed.

“[AI windows are] a new, smart, user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse, all on your terms,” ​​Mozilla said. “By opting in completely, you have full control, and if you try it and discover it’s not for you, you can choose to turn it off.”

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