In the upcoming months, Mozilla plans to evaluate the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into its Firefox browser using the latest Nightly build.
The company announced on Tuesday its intention to launch an opt-in trial, offering users access to various AI services within Firefox’s experimental Nightly edition.
“You can add ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat, or Le Chat Mistral to the sidebar as of this week.”
When users highlight content on the internet, they can utilize the right-click menu to engage their preferred chatbot for tasks such as paraphrasing text for clarity or testing their recall of passages.
“To add the chatbot permanently to your sidebar, right-click on the toolbar and select ‘Customise toolbar’.”
The sidebar icon can then be dragged onto the toolbar for easy access.
Mozilla promotes this feature as an opportunity for users to explore different chatbots and decide which one, if any, best suits their needs.
“This work is part of our enhancements to multitasking and cross-referencing in the sidebar, and we are committed to prioritizing user choice, agency, and privacy as we introduce AI-powered enhancements to Firefox,” Mozilla stated. “Initially, this experiment will only be accessible to Nightly users, with AI functionality being completely optional. It’s available if it proves useful, but it won’t be integrated into any core functionality.”
Newsng understands that this new offering aims to allow users to experiment with multiple chatbots and choose their preferred option.
Firefox emphasizes that selecting an AI chatbot is entirely optional.
This new feature coincides with other major corporations like Microsoft and Google integrating AI chatbots into their browsers.
Browser startups such as Opera and DuckDuckGo have also incorporated AI chatbots to assist users with tasks like querying and summarizing web pages.
Earlier reports indicated that Anthropic is set to release its latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, claiming it can match or exceed OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini in a wide range of tasks.
