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Automatically generated page summaries as an experimental feature of Firefox 139 nightly (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by vermaterc@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Latest nightly builds of Firefox 139 include an experimental web link preview feature which shows (among other things) an AI-generated summary of what that page is purportedly about before you visit it, saving you time, a click, or the need to ‘hear’ a real human voice.

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[–] algernon@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

I wonder if the preview does a pre-fetch which can be identified as such? As in, I wonder if I'd be able to serve garbage for the AI summarizer, but the regular content to normal views. Guess I'll have to check!

Update: It looks like it sends an X-Firefox-Ai: 1 header. Cool. I can catch that, and deal with it.

[–] Mensh123@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Alternatively, you could make your response more useful, removing the UI to aid the AI. After all, the user should be allowed to choose how they navigate the web.

[–] algernon@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago

I am doing exactly that. AI turns my work into garbage, so I serve them garbage in the first place, so they have less work to do. I am helping AI!

I'm also helping AI using visitors: they will either stop that practice, or stop visiting my stuff. In either case, we're both better off.

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