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Firefox’s new AI ‘Smart Window’ (only in beta builds so far) surprises reviewer by unexpectedly handing browsing history to 3rd party hosted models (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] popcar2@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So I asked each model where it (thinks) it is hosted/running.

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Can we trust those responses, or is it more mirage with plausible-sounding responses?

Whoever wrote this doesn't know how AI works. They don't know where they're hosted. He could have asked Mozilla instead of panic-posting. This guy keeps saying his data was given to "third party hosts" but he has no idea who the hosts are, Mozilla could be the one hosting the models...

Mozilla says this was a flub; it will refine the onboarding around Smart Window to limit memory formation to post-opt-in activity only. That’s obviously the right fix.

So, false alarm. Try beta software, get software bugs.