Mozilla Foundation wants to chart a new path in the AI era. But what is its role now and how can it help reshape the impacts and opportunities of technology for… everyone?

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Alix sat down with Nabiha Syed to chat through her first year as the new leader of Mozilla Foundation. How does she think about strategy in this moment? What role does she want the foundation to play? And crucially, how is she stewarding a community of human-centered technology builders in a time of hyper-scale and unchecked speculation?

As Nabiha says, “restraint is a design principle too”.

Plug: We’ll be at MozFest this year broadcasting live and connecting with all kinds of folks. If you’re feeling the FOMO, be on the look out for episodes we produce about our time there.

Further reading & resources:

Watch this episode on YouTube
Imaginative Intelligences — a programme of artist assemblies run by Mozilla Foundation
Nothing Personal — a new counterculture editorial platform from the Mozilla Foundation
More about Mozfest
Nabiha on the Computer Says Maybe live show at the 2025 AI Action Summit
Nabiha Syed remakes Mozilla Foundation in the era of Trump and AI — The Register
Nabiha on why she joined MF as executive director — MF Blog

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