As much as I struggle with on-device processing and the quality of its output compared to server models, I am excited by some of the APIs that are being built into browsers that are backed by LLMs and other AI inference models. For example, the prompt API, along with a multi-modal version that can take any arbitrary combination of text, image, and audio and run prompts against them. These APIs are neat but not yet web-exposed and many developers struggle to know what to do with a generic prompt. It’s not a solution that is natural to many people yet.
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Web Engines Hackfest 2025
Chrome looks set to ship an LLM Prompt API to the web platform. At Mozilla, we oppose this API. We feel it has a large interoperability risk, and Google imposing T&Cs on a web API sets a dangerous precedent. Full details: github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/i…
Prompt API · Issue #1213 · mozilla/standards-positions
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