https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/23/openai-deploys-automated-attacker-to-harden-atlas-browser-admits-prompt-injection-is-unsolved-xcxwbn/

OpenAI Deploys Automated 'Attacker' to Harden Atlas Browser, Admits Prompt Injection Is 'Unsolved'

#AI #OpenAI #Cybersecurity #Security #AIAgents #AgenticAI #WebBrowsers #PromptInjection #ChatGPT #ChatGPTAtlas #RedTeaming #InfoSec #BrowserSecurity

9to5 Linux: Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features. “After the controversial news shared earlier this week by Mozilla’s new CEO that Firefox will evolve into ‘a modern AI browser,’ the company now revealed it is working on an AI kill switch for the open-source web browser.”

I cannot tell you how underwhelmed I normally am when I switch between #webbrowsers. It borders on frustration, because many times, I am switching for inconvenient, or frustrating reasons. For the last few years, I've now switched on a few different occasions for various personal, privacy, and professional related concerns.
But after the labor of switching bookmarks, logins, extensions, etc. the underlying, core experience feels largely the same, once you get past the minor settings differences.

In the end, the switch feels like not much more than a chore, and then becomes invisible once it's done...which makes it feel not at all worth it.

So, that's why @zenbrowser is surprisingly special.

I expected more underwhelm the other night when I first saw them as an option. I fully expected to briefly install, give a long *sigh*, and then uninstall again, and just ignore the problem for a while.

But...it was actually genuinely awesome?

Like...they actually did something reasonably new with the core #browser experience in a way that was:
1) Noticeable
2) Ergonomic
3) Pleasant

Big kudos to the Zen team. Not sure what you're doing differently with your design roadmap, but it is working, and I am here for it.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@countablenewt/115738655633282930

We've seen AI tools actually manage this kind of thing really well

Cursor is "just a VSCode fork" but its done *so much* interesting stuff within it

At this point it's not just some super powerful code editor, it really feels like an IDE for web development and I actually do enjoy using it for working on my own apps and websites, it's come a long way from where it started and it's super cool

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Programming #Coding #WebDev #WebBrowsers

If you're understandably unhappy with Firefox' recent decision to add AI slop, here are a few good alternatives:

Librewolf - Firefox fork focused on privacy and security

Falkon - KDE's own browser, built on QtWebEngine, lightweight and secure, though lacking in the extensions department

GNOME Web - built on WebKit, it's quite nice, and with a little configuring, you can use Firefox extensions on it like adblockers and such

#WebBrowsers #Librewolf #Falkon #GNOMEWeb #Mozilla #Firefox

In light of Firefox sadly going full AI bullshit mode, what's your daily/regular non-AI web browser of choice (and why?).

Personally, I switched to Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com / @Vivaldi) after the first round of Firefox AI additions and it's been great.

I like the Chromium dev tools and how customisable Vivaldi is. Hoping to start making use of the built-in RSS reader too when I get time. You also get a built-in VPN and email client but I don't use those myself.

#AI #WebBrowsers

In light of Firefox sadly going full AI bullshit mode, what's your daily/regular non-AI web browser of choice (and why?).

Personally, I switched to Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com) after the first round of Firefox AI additions and it's been great. I like the Chromium dev tools and how customisable it is. Hoping to start making use of the built-in RSS reader too when I get time.

#AI #WebBrowsers

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/17/mozilla-pivots-to-ai-first-firefox-sparking-privacy-backlash-xcxwbn/

Mozilla Pivots to ‘AI-First’ Firefox, Sparking Privacy Backlash

#Firefox #Mozilla #AI #WebBrowsers #Privacy #GenAI #Waterfox #OpenSource #BrowserWars #DigitalPrivacy