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Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features

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The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today. Firefox users who prefer to browse without artificial intelligence will be able to turn off several AI features that Mozilla has added over the last several months.

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Here's what can be disabled:

  • Translations, which help you browse the web in your preferred language.
  • Alt text in PDFs, which add accessibility descriptions to images in PDF pages.
  • AI-enhanced tab grouping, which suggests related tabs and group names.
  • Link previews, which show key points before you open a link.
  • AI chatbot in the sidebar, which lets you use your chosen chatbot as you browse, including options like Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Le Chat Mistral.

The AI features can be disabled entirely or individually, so users can pick and choose what they want to use. Users will be able to continue to opt out of AI features as they are added in the browser, and the main Block AI Enhancements toggle will disable all current and future AI features, including pop-ups or reminders to use existing or upcoming AI features.

Mozilla says that it wants to be able to continue to build AI options for those who want them, while also giving those who don't a way to disable them.

AI controls will be added in Firefox 148, which is set to start rolling out to users on February 24.

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Keymaster
22 weeks ago
This is good, and should be how things work...users should have the option of turning AI functions on or off individually. Some of it may be useful for some people and not others, and companies should respect that. Hopefully others follow this so that we can choose how much AI we get in our lives.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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jz0309
22 weeks ago

The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today ('https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/').
SMART move Mozilla! Thank You!
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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TheBeverage
22 weeks ago
These are all available to be disabled in about:config, but it's a pain and requires more know-how than it should. Shameful that they forced this on their users for so long.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Felix Lyran
22 weeks ago
I'd really like the option of a browser that doesn't have a "turn off AI controls" option, because it doesn't have "AI controls" to begin with. Because it's a browser. It has tabs, history, bookmarks, and maybe a couple of plugins or extensions that the user considers useful and decides to install. It's bizarre that companies are embedding "AI" so unintelligently—into systems that don't need it, for users who don't want it, and all while feeling extremely impressed with themselves that they've achieved something. Who knows what that something is, but the sense of accomplishment doesn't at all line up with the reality of what's been accomplished.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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TFrank2
22 weeks ago
One of the only recent AI headlines that made me happy 🤣
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Darmok N Jalad
22 weeks ago

One of the only recent AI headlines that made me happy 🤣
I heard MS is also talking about scaling back its copilot push in order to improve quality. It’s like they’re finally getting the message from the user base, or at least they are pretending to get it.
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