ar_do@ar_do@mstdn.social: @firefoxwebdevs that being said, I actually love having local translation built into thr browser. It seems like the perfect use case for small language models that can be run on most laptops / desktop pcs today. Don't see a need to have the default setting to be off for that

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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 02:04:39)
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month. 

For the full details, see the Firefox blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/
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ar_do@ar_do@mstdn.social (2026-02-03 03:08:11)
@firefoxwebdevs that being said, I actually love having local translation built into thr browser. It seems like the perfect use case for small language models that can be run on most laptops / desktop pcs today. Don't see a need to have the default setting to be off for that


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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-02-03 04:20:30)
@ar_do personally, I agree, but we'd have been accused of sneaking AI in if we didn't https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115849251057488746