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Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox


Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.

reads the very top of the page; it then goes on to detail a lot of projects that aren't in line with Mozilla's core work of making a browser. Mozilla seized an opportunity to bring trustworthy AI into Firefox, largely driven by the Fakespot acquisition and the product integration work that followed. Mozilla paid an undisclosed sum in 2023 to buy a company called Fakespot, which uses AI to identify fake product reviews.

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