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As anti-AI as I am, this is way less sensational than the headline makes it sound. They're adding an AI mode that's basically a built-in extension. Sounds easy to disable. I hate this shit, but you have to grant that Mozilla is a small company fighting for survival. They are probably just doing this to stay relevant (maybe they can get more money from google by being the default AI provider as well), and they may just as quickly drop this when the AI bubble finally pops. I am willing to forgive Mozilla for a little more than I forgive Microsoft, who has no real reason to push this AI hype other than trying to get more rich.
I mean, in a way it has always been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Default search provider - fair enough to change - but now that ain't good enough for google, and it won't ever be