INTERVIEW The Mozilla Foundation has changed its look, but its goals remain the same – supporting an internet that’s open and inclusive, and that prioritizes the interests of people over corporations.
Yet the rebranding of the foundation in August, and of its subsidiary Mozilla Corporation last December, reflects internal changes at organizations looking to redefine themselves, to shake off setbacks, and to reassert their relevance at a time of rapid technological and political transition.
Last May, Nabiha Syed became executive director of The Mozilla Foundation, and a year on, reached out to The Register to share her vision for an organization humbled by layoffs and confronted by stochastic parrots and stochastic politics. […]
If Mozilla wanted to achieve its stated goals, it would stay clear the hell away from AI, and it would move out of the US.
Facepalm
Sigh. Another boneheaded move that doesn’t improve Firefox on my computer.
Fuck sakes…