Mistral and Mozilla announced that Firefox Smart Window (beta), Mozilla’s AI browsing assistant, is now powered by Mistral models—starting in France and North America, with the UK and Germany expected later this year. Conversations are not saved on Mozilla servers by default, and partners agree to zero data retention, stressing open distribution, regional fine-tuning, and user-controlled AI browsing.

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  • ✓Firefox Smart Window (beta) is now powered by Mistral, launching in France and North America with UK and Germany expected later this year
  • ✓Privacy by default: conversations are not saved on Mozilla servers; partners including Mistral agree to zero data retention
  • ✓Framed as open-source advocates partnering on regional language fine-tuning and open AI distribution in the browser
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