Mozilla Adds Option to Disable New AI Features Coming to Firefox Browser

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Mozilla Firefox is adding new AI features this month, but users will have the option to turn them off, according to a Tuesday blog post from Firefox head Ajit Varma.

"AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it," Varma wrote in the post. "Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer choice, led us to build AI controls ...