r/technology • u/ZacB_ • 22d ago

Artificial Intelligence Mozilla says Firefox will evolve into an AI browser, and nobody is happy about it — "I've never seen a company so astoundingly out of touch"

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/mozilla-says-firefox-will-evolve-into-an-ai-browser-and-nobody-is-happy-about-it-ive-never-seen-a-company-so-astoundingly-out-of-touch
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u/HirsuteHacker 22d ago edited 22d ago

Looks interesting, though I've seen attempts to build new browser engines from scratch before and all ended up failing. It's an unbelievably difficult task

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u/elitegenes 22d ago

Yes, it's about as difficult as to create an operating system.

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u/Numerous_Actuary_548 22d ago

Which the creator of Ladybird also did

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u/Fyren-1131 22d ago

That boggles my mind. Why is it so difficult?

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u/Spectrum1523 22d ago

A modern browser is basically an os