I'm sure a lot of y'all have seen the news already: Mozilla has a new CEO, whose introductory post leans hard into AI and says Firefox will transform into a "modern AI browser" as the cornerstone of a bigger app suite: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/

A lot of us who have been around a while will recognize the AI brain worms as only the latest in a long, LONG line of bad decisions that have made Mozilla the most disappointing defender against Chromium's total browser hegemony that you could imagine.

If you want off this bubble's wild ride before it pops, apparently LibreWolf and Vivaldi have both said they're going to remain AI-free.

As for my stance on GenAI...I don't want it. I don't need it. I don't see redeeming qualities in the ways this technology impacts our planet and the human experience. In fact, I think it has done untold damage already in just a few short years, damage we'll spend the rest of our natural lives trying to untangle from our society. Mozilla is making a mistake.