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by sunaookami 199 days ago
>This include things like using AI to assist with rendering/processing of PDF, looking at the flags.

Firefox is downloading a local model and using that to add alt-text to images inside PDFs which is great for accessibility. You can see all models that Firefox downloaded at about:addons. Every AI feature besides the (optional) sidebar (obviously) are local modals that run completely on-device.

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This is bad. Very bad. AI models hallucinate and can make big mistakes. No browser should try to alter content without explicit user consent.