Firefox adds AI Window, users want AI wall to keep it out

Mozilla is apparently a lot more excited about adding AI features to Firefox than its community. The org has decided that AI deserves its own new environment in the browser, a move its fans met with withering criticism.

On Thursday, Ajit Varma, VP and head of product management at Firefox, announced but did not yet launch AI Window, an opt-in browsing mode that offers a third option alongside the standard browsing window and the Private Window.  

"It's a new, intelligent and 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," explained Varma. "Completely opt-in, you have full control, and if you try it and find it's not for you, you can choose to switch it off."

Varma previously worked as a product manager at Meta and at Google, where product decisions tend ...