{"id":15600,"date":"2026-02-03T11:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15600"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:23:28","slug":"mozilla-announces-switch-to-disable-all-firefox-ai-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/mozilla-announces-switch-to-disable-all-firefox-ai-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Announces Switch To Disable All Firefox AI Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This will extend the time I&#8217;m using Firefox, as the shenanigans of the upper management aside, they&#8217;re still making a good browser, and with uMatrix and uBlock Origin it&#8217;s the best privacy option once tweaked. The Brave browser upper management has just done too many shady things along with the crypto baggage, stealing people&#8217;s referrals&#8230; We can only hope Ladybird develops to be the number one choice for privacy minded individuals with a complete browser written from scratch to follow the specifications efficiently, with no big tech baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/software\/mozilla-will-let-you-turn-off-all-firefox-ai-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/software\/mozilla-will-let-you-turn-off-all-firefox-ai-features\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_96a2b535-0407-48a2-a517-b735d92aeb9c\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Sergiu Gatlan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleepstatic.com\/content\/hl-images\/2024\/03\/22\/Firefox-headpic.jpg\" alt=\"Mozilla Firefox\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to user feedback on AI integration, Mozilla announced today that the next Firefox release will let users disable AI features entirely or manage them individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new &#8220;<strong>Block AI enhancements<\/strong>&#8221; toggle will be available in Firefox 148 on February 24 and will help block current and future generative AI features in the desktop browser from a single location. Users will also have the option to enable specific AI tools while keeping others disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We&#8217;ve also heard from others who want AI tools that are genuinely useful. Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer choice, led us to build AI controls,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/ai-controls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Firefox head Ajit Varma<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you&#8217;ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefox users who prefer to block AI entirely can enable the &#8220;Block AI enhancements&#8221; toggle, which also prevents pop-ups or reminders about existing or upcoming AI features. Once configured, the AI preferences will persist across browser updates and can be changed at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing AI controls in Firefox\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iD4LspntEmI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new AI controls panel will also enable users to manage five AI-powered features individually: browser translations, alt text generation for images in PDFs, AI-enhanced tab grouping with suggested names, link previews showing key points, and sidebar access to chatbots (including Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When AI controls become available, the Block AI enhancements toggle will be off by default,&#8221; a Mozilla spokesperson told BleepingComputer. &#8220;AI controls will reflect your existing choices in Firefox: Features you have previously used will appear as Enabled. Features you have previously turned off will appear as Blocked. Features you have not used before will appear as Available.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The feature will first roll out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firefox.com\/channel\/desktop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Firefox Nightly<\/a> users, the browser&#8217;s experimental release channel, before reaching all desktop users later this month. Varma has also encouraged early adopters to provide feedback through <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.mozilla.org\/t5\/discussions\/bd-p\/discussions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mozilla Connect<\/a>, Mozilla&#8217;s dedicated user feedback and discussions platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s announcement comes after Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, Mozilla Corporation&#8217;s new CEO, said on December 16 that Firefox users would always be able to turn off the web browser&#8217;s AI features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/leadership\/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enzor-DeMeo said<\/a>. &#8220;Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice \u2014 something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Update&nbsp;February 02, 13:38 EST: Added Mozilla statement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will extend the time I&#8217;m using Firefox, as the shenanigans of the upper management aside, they&#8217;re still making a good browser, and with uMatrix and uBlock Origin it&#8217;s the best privacy option once tweaked. The Brave browser upper management has just done too many shady things along with the crypto baggage, stealing people&#8217;s referrals&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15602,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15600\/revisions\/15602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}