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They've decided to incorporate ChatGPT.

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[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 31 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Defaults matter. Every time you open a private browsing window, that's what you're going to get. Every time you use LibreWolf or Firefox Focus or any other browser that disables/clears cookies by default (which is a good practice), that's what you're going to get.

I don't want anything I search for going into OpenAI. Ever. I'd feel fine about this if they hosted their own models.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 26 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This. I fucking hate that it's opt out. Every goddamn time I open Firefox and run a search I gotta disable the stupid AI bullshit.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't think it AI's your search immediately. It just shows you the option to generate an AI response. At least that's how it's been working for me. It's not doing anything unless you hit that button.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Sometimes it is a button, but oftentimes it is just there by default :(

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

It’s been hit and miss for me. It feels like there’s some cached queries that it presents the AI results for without user interaction. But it’s very clearly marked.