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Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Re: Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Post by malauxyeux »

rplnt wrote: post #20
donkeyboy wrote: post #2

Different topic, but can someone talk about which browser they use now? I’ve used Chrome for the past N years with ublock Origin, but recently I’ve been getting some ads on Youtube. Also some websites just didn’t work in Chrome. I switched to Brave a week ago and things seem ok, but it’s a weird browser with Tor built in, and also Spotify.com always crashes with a Memory problem. Does anyone have any thoughts on brow…

I hated Firefox for the longest time, because it was a sub-par browser with a cult following, but since Chrome ruined any competition I went through several chrome-based browsers (never Chrome itself due to severe lack of basic functionality) and am slowly ending up with FF as my primary browser. My standards have lowered substantially, and firefox is just good enough. Always using more browsers and trying something…

Would you mind saying what you would like to do but can't with FF?

I don't think I'm part of a cult, but I've used FF as my default browser for over a decade and I guess I don't know what else people want from a browser.

Re: Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Post by benreesman »

rplnt wrote: post #12
vouaobrasil wrote: post #10

In my opinion, the goal of increasing automation has gone from a useful relief of labor to an obsession that will lead nowhere. Globally, this seems to be reflected only by increasing resource use and increasing ignorance of the natural world by producing purely for the sake of making consumerism more efficient. AI assistant in a browser...it's getting ridiculous.

> for the sake of making consumerism more efficient If only. This wave of AI integrations is primarily focused on pleasing (potential) investors.

If only.

This wave of AI integrations is happening in a context/framework for normalizing naked avarice so that preposterous power can be concentrated in the hands of the rich and dubiously ethical.

Re: Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Post by realharo »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #10

In my opinion, the goal of increasing automation has gone from a useful relief of labor to an obsession that will lead nowhere. Globally, this seems to be reflected only by increasing resource use and increasing ignorance of the natural world by producing purely for the sake of making consumerism more efficient. AI assistant in a browser...it's getting ridiculous.

AI assistant in a browser makes sense if it's acting as an extension of your memory - for example you're browsing some items you're considering buying, and the assistant creates a summary spreadsheet with their comparison, that you can later look at, etc. Could be useful for things like real estate.

Most AI tools I've seen however can't seem to get away from the classic "prompt -> response" chat UI.

Re: Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Post by GordonS »

rplnt wrote: post #20
donkeyboy wrote: post #2

Different topic, but can someone talk about which browser they use now? I’ve used Chrome for the past N years with ublock Origin, but recently I’ve been getting some ads on Youtube. Also some websites just didn’t work in Chrome. I switched to Brave a week ago and things seem ok, but it’s a weird browser with Tor built in, and also Spotify.com always crashes with a Memory problem. Does anyone have any thoughts on brow…

I hated Firefox for the longest time, because it was a sub-par browser with a cult following, but since Chrome ruined any competition I went through several chrome-based browsers (never Chrome itself due to severe lack of basic functionality) and am slowly ending up with FF as my primary browser. My standards have lowered substantially, and firefox is just good enough. Always using more browsers and trying something…

Huh, I'm very happy with Firefox. Been using it, and Chrome, for several years now - I much prefer Firefox, but I'm kind of curious what you prefer about Chrome?

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Post by vdaea »

Sabinus wrote: post #5
_the_special_ wrote: post #3

The first browser to index (locally preferably) my browsing history and help me extract/surface useful information from previous pages I have visited will win me over. So far they all seem to be offering the same kind of AI that will crawl the current page and extract information from it.

If Firefox could sprint some good APIs in they could get some incredible plugins going.

I don't know much about the WebExtensions api but it's likely the apis are already there.

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Post by castles »

_the_special_ wrote: post #3

The first browser to index (locally preferably) my browsing history and help me extract/surface useful information from previous pages I have visited will win me over. So far they all seem to be offering the same kind of AI that will crawl the current page and extract information from it.

I'm still working on RAG (been annoyingly ill last while) but you might find this interesting to keep an eye on: https://socontextual.com/

Ollama /JUST/ recently added some (fast) embeddings models: https://ollama.com/library/nomic-embed-text

Re: Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

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Post by rekoil »

temp0826 wrote: post #28
greymalik wrote: post #17

How do they support this financially?

They're at the top of the pyramid for their shitcoin. Probably one of the best modern grifts out there.

And regular advertising (where the audience doesn't get paid for consuming adverts) isn't a grift?
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