New Update Mozilla’s New CEO Says Firefox Will ‘Evolve into an AI Browser’

[lokamoka820]

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo has finally taken up his role as CEO of Mozilla Corporation, publishing a blog post to celebrate in which he spells out the company’s “next chapter”.

The headline news? He says Firefox will remain an “anchor” for the company, but confirms it is to “evolve into a modern AI browser” — to unlock new revenue opportunities for the company.

Mozilla’s new CEO says all of the upcoming changes will give us “agency” (their new favourite word), but his phrasing is telling: Enzor-DeMeo says it’s important that AI features in Firefox will be “something people can easily turn off”.

With Mozilla’s primary revenue coming from a Google search deal that, because of the rise of AI chatbots and other AI browsers, looks like a shaky future, the need to grow Firefox from a user-agent to an AI platform helps hang a “For Rental” sign on its door.

“Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions”, the new CEO says.

Mozilla's New CEO Says Firefox Will 'Evolve into an AI Browser' - OMG! Ubuntu

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo has finally taken up his role as CEO of Mozilla Corporation, publishing a blog post to celebrate in which he spells out the company's

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[Divine_Barakah]

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I hope FF Forks ship without this garbage.

 

[marg]

Firefox was a great browser until the started wrecking it & it looks like they are not finished yet.

 

[Victor M]

Just whah we need, a hallucinating browser .

 

[Zero Knowledge]

We need Mozilla to survive for the sake of comptition. Without it we just have Chrome and no one wants to see a world with 100% only Chrome.

 

[oldschool]

“Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software.

So it won't be a browser.

Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser

WTF is an AI browser?

and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions”

WTF does that mean?

it is to “evolve into a modern AI browser” — to unlock new revenue opportunities for the company.

Good luck with that!

 

[Gangelo]

We need Mozilla to survive for the sake of comptition. Without it we just have Chrome and no one wants to see a world with 100% only Chrome.

No one cares anymore (apart from a vocal minority).

 

[Miravi]

This seems to follow the trends we're seeing: overloaded browsers and ominous promises of being crazy for AI. Given where things are heading, a modern browser will actually stand out by being simpler than the rest.

 

[Parkinsond]

A considerable fraction of the current FF user base is attributable to being AI-free, just as the case of Vivaldi; and here the user bleeding will go on.

 

[Sorrento]

Will the last Firefox user please switch off the lights when they leave - Thank you.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

No one cares anymore (apart from a vocal minority).

It could go either way, either Chromium will turn out to be the most secure browser ever with all the development in one single browser or it will make things worse.

Firefox needs to survive for diversity, but it seems they want to destroy it.

 

[SpiderWeb]

It's incredible that we are now in situation where all browsers are terrible except for the community made forks.

 

[Parkinsond]

It's incredible that we are now in situation where all browsers are terrible except for the community made forks.

and such forks although avoiding AI forced integration, still has the problem of lagging behind regarding updates.

 

[lokamoka820]

and such forks although avoiding AI forced integration, still has the problem of lagging behind regarding updates.

To be fair, I searched extensively online to see if Firefox forks had security issues or a history of being hacked due to their update schedules, but I found no evidence of this, so I think they can be considered good alternatives.

To clarify, Firefox forks aren't lagging behind in updates; they're based on a more stable version of Firefox called Firefox ESR. If Firefox ESR weren't secure, Firefox wouldn't offer it to users in the first place. If you compare the latest version of Firefox ESR with another version, like Waterfox, you'll find they were released on the same day (December 9, 2025).

Firefox

www.firefox.com

Changelog - Waterfox

Latest Waterfox release notes, updates, and improvements.

www.waterfox.com

 

[Marko :)]

Honestly, as long as I get option to disable anything I don't like or want, I don't mind. But I'm 100% certain that majority of Firefox users DON'T want AI integrated everywhere. They are throwing money down the drain.

What Firefox needs to be is a non-AI alternative to major, popular web browser all of which took a turn to AI. That's what could bring users to Firefox, and not AI bullshit.

 

[RoboMan]

It's time to accept that browsers, like all software, aren't made for us to fall in love with - but rather make a profit.

Changes will be made, and new updates will be introduced. Partly for our convenience (and so we choose them over other company) and others to increase their revenue. Mozilla can't survive based on donations.

 

[Parkinsond]

To be fair, I searched extensively online to see if Firefox forks had security issues or a history of being hacked due to their update schedules, but I found no evidence of this, so I think they can be considered good alternatives.

To clarify, Firefox forks aren't lagging behind in updates; they're based on a more stable version of Firefox called Firefox ESR. If Firefox ESR weren't secure, Firefox wouldn't offer it to users in the first place. If you compare the latest version of Firefox ESR with another version, like Waterfox, you'll find they were released on the same day (December 9, 2025).

Firefox

www.firefox.com

Changelog - Waterfox

Latest Waterfox release notes, updates, and improvements.

www.waterfox.com

I was referring to chromium forks; did not use FF or its forks since 1990s.

In order of updatability, Chrome > Brave > Edge > Vivaldi > Opera > other forks (some do not even display what chromium version they are using).

 

[Parkinsond]

Honestly, as long as I get option to disable anything I don't like or want, I don't mind. But I'm 100% certain that majority of Firefox users DON'T want AI integrated everywhere. They are throwing money down the drain.

What Firefox needs to be is a non-AI alternative to major, popular web browser all of which took a turn to AI. That's what could bring users to Firefox, and not AI bullshit.

Only Vivaldi, on the chromium side, following the steps of FF regarding AI, or at least until the current time.

 

[lokamoka820]

Only Vivaldi, on the chromium side, following the steps of FF regarding AI, or at least until the current time.

Firefox currently has a built-in AI feature (that's why I'm testing some forks). You can disable it via About:config, but it will still be available in the context menu, so if you accidentally click on the "Ask AI" item, it will open out of nowhere. The problem with AI in Firefox is that it is a process that consumes a lot of processor resources.

 

[Parkinsond]

Firefox currently has a built-in AI feature (that's why I'm testing some forks). You can disable it via About:config, but it will still be available in the context menu, so if you accidentally click on the "Ask AI" item, it will open out of nowhere. The problem with AI in Firefox is that it is a process that consumes a lot of processor resources.

Does its peer in Edge (copilot) consume resources even if disabled in settings?