Applying our values in the Era of AI
We’re lucky. We already have a blueprint to guide us as we build a better future. For almost twenty years, the Mozilla Manifesto has guided what we build and how. It is the bedrock upon which we have shown that empowering tech for the public good can succeed in the marketplace.
This is still true today. While we are still guided by full manifesto, five principles are especially relevant in the age of AI:
HUMAN AGENCY
in a world of AI and agents, it is more
important than ever that technology is designed in ways that let
people shape their own experiences online — and optimize for privacy
where it matters to them most.
DECENTRALIZATION AND OPEN SOURCE
an open, accessible
internet depends on innovation and decentralized participation in
the creation and use of technology. The success of open source AI
built around transparent community practices is critical to making
this possible in the AI era.
BALANCING COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
more than ever,
the direction of the internet and AI is defined by commercial
players. We also need a strong cadre of public benefit players to
create balance in the overall ecosystem.
We think about these principles as we build products, invest in startups and organize communities with the goal of doing for AI what we did for the web. They are core to who we are, and everything we do.