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.
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.
I really wish there was another way.
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.