[protocolture]

"Children are growing up with ChatGPT and Gemini"

Yes.

"It has already become the de facto standard for learning."

Maybe.

"AI in browsers is inevitable."

Why. How does that follow. It seems like ChatGPT and Gemini are already working fine, what does the integration add?

[robryan]

And assuming people want deeper integration is the browser even the right level of abstraction? Arguably it would be better to have something that was operating at the OS level, like siri/gemini assistant style.

[heavyset_go]

When Microsoft completely integrates its LLM into Windows, would you rather give that access to your browser, or would you rather plug in your own local model / turn it off entirely while browsing?

If a global LLM becomes standard, I'd want to plug in my own local model or disable it entirely, but I don't think Microsoft nor Apple are going to open up their operating systems and make it easy to do that any time soon. The option to granularly use your own models is a plus to me in that situation.

[PurpleRamen]

Every app has to open itself for integration, especially if it's not a native app like Firefox. From where they get the AI at the end doesn't really matter, they will support them all anyway.

[protocolture]

Precisely. Like the winner could be in 100 spaces, but more likely going to be something global.

[krisgenre]

Filling out forms, booking tickets, summarizing content ...

Even at work, have seen few junior developers use AI browsers to attend mandatory compliance courses and complete quizzes. Not necessarily a good thing but AI browsers may win in the end and it might be too late for Firefox.