- "Firefox uses AI that runs locally on your device to read the linked page and create the key points." --> Last time I played with local LLMs they were gigabyte sized models. So this has to mean Firefox is shipping with a very small model, not gigabyte-size?
- And so does this mean Firefox visits these links beforehand, or when you hover link or what? How many unnecessary requests are made? Since this is "local", I assume you reveal your IP/browser fingerprints to unnecessary sites?
- If the content behind the link is already LLM generated, it gets double LLM generated.
- And what about webservices (shopping carts, management dashboards, banking..), if it is hover based, it might easily and accidentally request url that cause some action, right?
wonger_ · 16d ago
I love Safari's link preview feature (on iPad, at least). Tap and hold a link, and see the target page preload in a widget. I prefer that, previewing the actual page, rather than seeing a header image and a generated summary.
SG- · 16d ago
on macOS for me it's 3 finger trackpad tap which also looks up any word I tap on showing a dictionary panel for it.
1xdevnet · 16d ago
So I would have to hover over a link, press a key combo that might conflict with my OS, wait for a full page load in the background, then see what a small-scale LLM decides the link is about along with a thumbnail? Who asked for this, and how does it keep me "organized" and "focused" vs just clicking on the link?
"the AI that generates the key points may miss context from the webpage and make mistakes" You don't say...
Spivak · 16d ago
> and AI-generated key points. Firefox uses AI that runs locally on your device to read the linked page and create the key points
Hey, if it works it works but was there something wrong with the "what every other piece of software does" and just use the meta tags? Website operators happily provide this info for you in a machine digestible format.
Boltgolt · 16d ago
I'd bet that even a tiny LLM can create more accurate summaries than whatever SEO garbage is usually put in the meta description
mimasama · 15d ago
I tried the link preview feature on a link to the English Wikipedia article about Touhou Project, and the LLM's key points are just hilariously bad. For some reason it's focusing too much on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch (which the LLM "thinks" were both released on August 15, 1997). I have a screenshot 6 days ago when it wasn't a Firefox Labs feature yet in my Misskey: https://makai.chaotic.ninja/notes/a6d86p8n26
Tried it today in an updated Nightly and the key points are still the same lol.
halosghost · 15d ago
Given that Firefox now sells your data [0], this move should be seen as nothing less than actively adversarial.
The ship has been sinking for a while; now the crew is trying to light the remaining decks on fire.
- "Firefox uses AI that runs locally on your device to read the linked page and create the key points." --> Last time I played with local LLMs they were gigabyte sized models. So this has to mean Firefox is shipping with a very small model, not gigabyte-size?
- And so does this mean Firefox visits these links beforehand, or when you hover link or what? How many unnecessary requests are made? Since this is "local", I assume you reveal your IP/browser fingerprints to unnecessary sites?
- If the content behind the link is already LLM generated, it gets double LLM generated.
- And what about webservices (shopping carts, management dashboards, banking..), if it is hover based, it might easily and accidentally request url that cause some action, right?
"the AI that generates the key points may miss context from the webpage and make mistakes" You don't say...
Hey, if it works it works but was there something wrong with the "what every other piece of software does" and just use the meta tags? Website operators happily provide this info for you in a machine digestible format.
Tried it today in an updated Nightly and the key points are still the same lol.
The ship has been sinking for a while; now the crew is trying to light the remaining decks on fire.
All the best,
-HG
[0] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms...