Orbit by Mozilla is a new AI-powered assistant for the Firefox web browser that makes summarising web content while you browse as easy as clicking a
  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    831·
    10 days ago
    • no account or login required.
    • it’s an addon (and one you have to go get), not baked-in.
    • limited to queries about content you’re currently looking at.
      (it’s not a general ‘search’ or queries engine)
    • llm is hosted by mozilla, not a third party.
    • session histories are not retained or shared, not even with mistral (it’s their model).
    • user interactions are not used to train.
    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      10 days ago

      That’s really cool to see. A trusted hosted open source model is really missing in the ecosystem to me. I really like the idea of web centric integration too.

  • LWD@lemm.ee
    251·
    10 days ago

    I appreciate the option to not install it.

    Now if only Mozilla could migrate their built-in AI stuff to this optional extension so it doesn’t come pre-installed, that’d be great

    • Karna@lemmy.mlOP
      111·
      9 days ago

      The built-in AI staff,you referred to, is nothing but an accelerator to integrate with 3rd-party or self-hosted LLMs. It’s quite similar to choosing a search engine in settings. This feature itself is lightweight and can be disabled in settings if not required.

      • LWD@lemm.ee
        2·
        9 days ago

        The built-in AI staff [sic]… is… an accelerator to integrate with 3rd-party or self-hosted LLMs.

        Users are only shown Big Tech “3rd-party” options. Mozilla made this choice intentionally.

        Since Mozilla is clearly capable of developing an add-on that is not forcefully installed on user’s devices, they should remove the built-in thing that endorses the highly unethical chatbots run by Google, OpenAI, etc.

        • Karna@lemmy.mlOP
          21·
          8 days ago

          Users are only shown Big Tech “3rd-party” options. Mozilla made this choice intentionally.

          Well, how many users really have LLM local-hosted?

          • LWD@lemm.ee
            11·
            7 days ago

            So we agree Mozilla only chose to promote Big Tech options.

  • ramblingsteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    10 days ago

    I’m starting to warm up to this stuff. There is a future rapidly hurtling towards us where, if you take the time to read and think for yourself, you will become a genius. It was happening already in some stem fields where people used GUI tools without ever reading what the buttons did, and if you took the time to read the manuals and the underlying methods, you could become vastly more competent than anybody else in your team. This “AI” bullshit is just extending the lazy culture out to every piece of information on the web, where average Joe is already unable to concentrate beyond 140 characters. Those that take the time to learn the fundamentals and read deeply will have vastly superior knowledge of any subject, while the majority will be spoon fed superficial summaries filled with errors and no way of realising.

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
      35·
      10 days ago

      That was written by an AI, wasn’t it?
      If anything brings me around on AI, it’ll be the “kids these days and their dang quill and parchment, the chisel and stone tablet was good enough for me so it should be good enough for everyone” argument.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    45·
    10 days ago

    This is why I don’t use direct Firefox. I use soft forks like Librewolf, Mull and now Fennec