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Firefox 142's Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries


"Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla's browser now makes even more extensive use of AI," writes the Register, "providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions." Firefox 142 brings some visible shininess, but due to the combinati...

Mozilla's summary says: "Previews can optionally include AI-generated key points, which are processed on your device to protect your privacy. ""Link Previews is gradually rolling out to ensure performance and quality," Firefox says in their release notes, "and is now available in en-US, en-CA, en-GB, en-AU for users with more than 3 GB of available RAM." (The notes also add a welcome for "the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 20 of whom were brand new volunteers!

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