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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoFirefox has little financial motivation for this, though? Other than getting “AI” investor money, if that’s the plan… But otherwise it just feels like they’re following a meme.
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days ago90% of their cash flow comes from google to be the default search engine - they are probably trying to open up alternative routes of funding to reduce the risk, since it’s not guaranteed that the money will keep coming due to the current lawsuit.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoRight, I sympathize with that. …But also it’s ridiculous. Like why should including a feature with “AI” in it get them VC money? Even if that’s kinda reality? TBH they should just become a contributor to llama.cpp and market that somehow.
Firefox has little financial motivation for this, though?
Other than getting “AI” investor money, if that’s the plan… But otherwise it just feels like they’re following a meme.
90% of their cash flow comes from google to be the default search engine - they are probably trying to open up alternative routes of funding to reduce the risk, since it’s not guaranteed that the money will keep coming due to the current lawsuit.
Right, I sympathize with that.
…But also it’s ridiculous. Like why should including a feature with “AI” in it get them VC money? Even if that’s kinda reality?
TBH they should just become a contributor to llama.cpp and market that somehow.