Because browsers are the most useful tool on most computers. Ordinary People go on google/ask chatgpt for mundane questions. If their browser can do that they need 1 app less and it will be more convenient which is what especially non-tech savy people care about.
If they do it in a privacy-preseeving way, this could help them get back market share which will generally benefit an open internet.
I really wish there was another way.
But it’s gonna be very difficult when you’ve got Google and OpenAI up there.
It’s an open source project, you can keep it in a box and people are able to check it.
Why would anybody want to have AI in their browser? It’s a fucking browser.
Because browsers are the most useful tool on most computers. Ordinary People go on google/ask chatgpt for mundane questions. If their browser can do that they need 1 app less and it will be more convenient which is what especially non-tech savy people care about.