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Tldr: Theyre adding an opt-in alt text generation for blind people and an opt-in ai chat sidebar where you can choose the model used (includes self-hosted ones)

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (16 children)
[–] LWD@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)
[–] barryamelton@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

If it was truly opt-in, it could be an extension. They should not be bundling this with the browser, bloating it more in the process.

The extension API doesn't have enough access for this.

You technically can run your own local AI, but they hook up to the big data-hungry ones out of the box.

While it is opt-in and disabled by default, this is the real problem.

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