Another showcase of Google using their dominant market position for Chrome to gain advantage in other markets, like AI agents.

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m4r71n 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I tend to agree. If this was built as a true browser enhancement, it would allow you to select the model of your choice or even plug it into a locally running LLM. This being exclusive to Gemini just juices up their usage numbers to make their investments more justifiable. I wonder if Firefox will ever introduce any similar features.

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rambojohnson 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> I wonder if Firefox will ever introduce any similar features.

I hope they never do. Nobody’s asking to have AI shoved down their throats, spying on them and profiling everything they do.

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pogue 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Firefox does have that and you can choose from different models or even a local one (last time I checked)!

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot

	▲	m4r71n 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not quite the same thing. Google's features seem to give the model the ability to control the browser, not just act upon the text within a given web page.
	▲	glenstein 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Is it integrated into the browser at all or is it basically a browser tab?

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pogue 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If only there was some law that prohibited monopolistic practices like these that could prevent or stop something like that from happening that could be enforced by a branch of the government... *sigh* just a utopian pipe dream, I suppose