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Mozilla introduces cq: 'Stack Overflow for agents' (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 43 points 6 months ago (3 children)

For fuck's sake, Mozilla, have you learned nothing? We do not care about AI products

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 21 points 6 months ago

That's not true. I care very deeply about avoiding them.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

You may not but many others DO.

[+] vermaterc@lemmy.ml -6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Maybe you don't care, but to be a sustainable company, Mozilla need to look for alternative sources of income. They can't just make 2010s style browser forever.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How do you expect them to make money off of this? The only thing they've done is burned money by developing it.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That describes almost everything they've done.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Apparently Firefox is actually profitable!

It's the only part of Mozilla that is.

But that didn't stop them from laying off employees (and eventually laying off the department head fighting against those layoffs) regardless.

[–] org@lemmy.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seeing as they are a non-profit, they should be spending it all. Although I think AI isn’t the right direction.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 6 months ago

Nonprofit or not, burning money on countless bad projects isn't good.

[–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you seriously asking how to make money out of large, structured knowledge base in 2026? Having data these days is like having a goldmine, I can't think of any more valuable asset.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes. Of course. Claims require evidence.

Specifically for the AI initiative in this article, or any of their broader AI initiatives, which have been worryingly many.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 13 points 6 months ago

They‘re not supposed to make money. They are a non-profit foundation that takes donations to develop an open source project and I expect them to spend those donations on exactly that project and not much else.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

AI companies haven’t even turned a profit on it, so idk how Mozilla will.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 6 points 6 months ago

Exactly. If AI companies can't even profit while fighting dirty, what makes Mozilla think that they can do it ethically?!

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I agree with you, but why chase the latest hype that's probably going to burst soon?

[–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

that’s probably going to burst soon

what do you mean "burst"? Stock market valuation of IT companies are currently overblown, yes, but the technology is not going anywhere. I'm personally using it for software development, it became part of my workflow and I don't intend to stop using it. I also see other people chatting with bots daily. It just become a new kind of user interface to which people got used to.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Many, myself included, may not like to hear this, but I think it’s the bitter truth.

For better or worse, the majority like this technology. AI companies have stuck the landing in a sales sense.

For those who find it cringey or offensive or whatever, we may have to get used to being black sheep (even more).

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago

"AI is inevitable" is a thought-terminating cliché, and you've spent enough time in AI advocacy groups on Lemmy to know that by now. Instead of making claims, please show your work.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 months ago

why chase the latest hype that’s probably going to burst soon?

Back in the 2000s, there was an Internet bubble, and it burst. That did not make the Internet go away.

What makes you think LLMs are going to suddenly disappear?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Mozilla doing everything except making their browser better

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 8 points 6 months ago

That's not even remotely true.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

This is the foundation. You are probably thinking about the corporation.