"Not geofenced but subject to phased rollout are link previews, for various native-English-speaking regions. Hover over, long-press, or right-click a link and pick Preview Link, and a summary should appear. Mozilla's summary says: Previews can optionally include AI-generated key points, which are processed on your device to protect your privacy. Earlier this month, we reported that some people were finding Firefox's inference engine gobbling CPU cycles."
"We also anticipate some misleading results. According to research both in 2024 and earlier this year, LLMs often fail to summarize accurately. Overall, this new release looks relatively modest to us, but that is in part because we're in the wrong geographical region for several of the features affected, and we don't yet have access to another due to phased rollouts."
Firefox 142 increases integrated AI functionality by adding link previews that can show on-device AI-generated key points and a new option for extension developers to add LLM support. Availability varies due to phased rollout and geofencing; some link preview features target native-English-speaking regions while new-tab news headlines are restricted to a list of countries. Users have reported high CPU usage from the browser's inference engine. LLM-generated summaries can be inaccurate according to recent research, creating potential for misleading results and user dissatisfaction with AI roles in the browser.
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