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Re: Firefox browser goes AI
There are (only?) two UI settings where one can control AI use, both under the ‘general’ panel:
- Use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups (there might be more options when you trigger tab groups from the location bar)
- Enable link previews (with some sub-settings when enabled)
Maybe “chat” has some setting but I could not find a way to enable this feature from the UI.
Some Firefox support pages I could find:
- support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/on-device-models (I think you need some “ml” extensions to trigger this)
- support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-ai-enhanced-tab-groups
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Re: Firefox browser goes AI
A blog post from the company (?): The State of Mozilla: Are you ready to choose your future? blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/state-of-mozilla-25-26/. Link there-in a whole manifesto of sort: “The state of Mozilla 2025/2026”, here: stateof.mozilla.org/
Both feel a very marketing-driven narrative with “AI”-generated bunny points. But maybe I am just a grumpy old guy and the target is an audience in a completely different world.
Contrast with this December statement by the Waterfox people: www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/
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Mozilla has 1.4 BILLION dollars that they are spending on some AI bullshit.
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Re: Firefox browser goes AI
Filed under finally:
AI controls are coming to Firefox
(Firefox nightly atm, unclear on how long it will take too reach users)
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Re: Firefox browser goes AI
Well, colour me surprised, as of today with Firefox beta –148.0b11– the mentioned “AI controls” setting pane appeared. It does give you a switch to globally turn off “AI enhancements” or be selective. The latter allows you to select a feature and block it or enable it and in some cases at some choice of user config.
This suggests it will probably be available for the next release build due I think on February 17.
Edit The relevant support document: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-ai-controls
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#21 Today 04:13:39
Re: Firefox browser goes AI
This is good news and shows that they do listen to their user base.
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#22 Today 09:53:34
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Re: Firefox browser goes AI
This is a good compromise and the way to do it. It’s far better than forcing AI on people or removing it altogether. Firefox users now have the choice to use AI features if they want or turn them off completely.
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