Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox 130 for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, fixing a number of important security vulnerabilities while also improving several features and introducing a new setting that makes it a lot easier to play around with experimental features — like a brand-new integration with third-party AI chatbots.
In the Firefox 130 security advisory report, Mozilla lists nine security vulnerabilities that have been fixed, of which four have been categorized as “high risk” by the browser manufacturer. As far as is known, none of the vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild yet.
But let’s dive into the most interesting bit in this update: the opportunity to experience AI chatbots right within Firefox.
Prior to Firefox 130, if you wanted to try out experimental browser features that are disabled by default, you had to take the not-so-intuitive route using the about:configpage. With this update, we now have a “Firefox Labs” section in the Settings, where …