Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social: @rayocentric The "AI sidebar" is different to this. With that feature, you select which third-party service to use, and your queries are sent to that third party. But, imo that's obvious from the UI, just as it is for search.<br><br>Happy to answer any more questions!<br><br>Personally I think 'learning' is an important part of browser UX, and has been for decades, but 'learning' can still be done locally, in a privacy preserving way.

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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-01-27 18:40:17)
@rayocentric Firefox uses ML language models to perform translation. These are local models - the text does not leave your device. This preserves privacy, unlike other browsers that send the data to the cloud.

Firefox's tab group name suggestions, and link previews, are also local models, so privacy is preserved.

All these features are also opt-in.

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Firefox for Web Developers@firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social (2026-01-27 18:42:40)
@rayocentric The "AI sidebar" is different to this. With that feature, you select which third-party service to use, and your queries are sent to that third party. But, imo that's obvious from the UI, just as it is for search.

Happy to answer any more questions!

Personally I think 'learning' is an important part of browser UX, and has been for decades, but 'learning' can still be done locally, in a privacy preserving way.


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rayocentric@rayocentric@mastodon.social (2026-01-27 22:32:38)
@firefoxwebdevs Thanks for explaining things a bit more. You honestly seem enthusiastic when you write. 

I still like my personal space. Current software trends make me use technology less. Learning, tracking, profiling and data mining are not features to some of us. 

I'm glad your browser is an option and I respect what you do, but I'll probably use it sparingly if at all going forward. 

Thank you tho, for responding.