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Mozilla adds AI-powered form-filling to Firefox Smart Window using cross-tab context.

Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.

Starting today, AI chats in Firefox's Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat responses through a partnership with Exa. Smart Window can also now automatically suggest tab groups and show visual previews of pages you previously visited when you search your browsing history using natural language. I saw a live demo that showed how the Smart Window AI could sort through selected links in your browsing history to pull up "running shoes I looked at last week," and pop up images pulled from the sites browsed previously. The suggested groups of tab...

Firefox iOS adds experimental ad blocking feature unrelated to AI.

Puter compiled Firefox to WebAssembly, enabling browser-in-browser execution; project cost ~$25k in Claude Opus tokens.

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

Reddit discussion about Claude marketing claims; linked Mozilla article on Firefox security unrelated to AI.

Link: hacks.mozilla.org

Mozilla deployed Claude Mythos for automated security bug detection, yielding significant April vulnerability fixes in Firefox.

The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.

Mozilla used Claude Mythos preview access to identify and fix hundreds of Firefox vulnerabilities, shifting LLM-generated security reports from noise to actionable findings.

Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic's Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.

Mozilla used Claude Mythos Preview to identify 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150, demonstrating practical AI security tooling in production browsers.

CTO says new AI model is "every bit as capable" as world's best security researchers.

Link: wired.com

Anthropic partners with Mozilla to enhance Firefox security features.