Latest Firefox Wants to Put AI Right in Your Browser

Mozilla is planning on putting AI right into your Firefox browser, and it's testing the feature in the coming months via the latest Nightly build.

The AI functionality is totally optional, said the company in a blog post, and it will be private and support user choice from the start.

"This work is part of our improvements to multitasking and cross-referencing in the sidebar, and we are committed to following the principles of user choice, agency, and privacy as we bring AI-powered enhancements to Firefox," said Mozilla in the post. "To start, this experiment will only be available to Nightly users, and the AI functionality will be entirely optional. It’s there in case it’s helpful, but it is not built into any core functionality."

Of course, Firefox isn't the only system offering AI capabilities. The browser joins Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, and Pinokio in the AI browsing space.

The first things Firefox users with the Nightly build will be able to do include adding "a chatbot of your choice" to the sidebar, summarizing selected text from webpages, simplifying language for your kids, and asking the chatbot to test you on the content you selected.

To enable it, you'll need to have the Nightly build of Firefox, then go to Settings, then Nightly Experiments to turn on AI Chatbot Integration. You'll also need to pick a chatbot: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat, and Le Chat Mistral are available.

If you're an advanced user, you'll be able to configure the Nightly build to use custom prompts and any compatible chatbot that runs on-device open models, even open-source ones.