‘Someone is actually reading the room’: Firefox just got an AI kill switch, and I hope other developers will follow its lead

• Mozilla Firefox 148 will soon get an AI kill switch
• This addition can disable all AI features in one go
• You’ll also be able to disable AI tools individually, if you like

Firefox is often chosen by people who dislike the direction Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers are taking. And as browser makers rush to stuff their products with as much artificial intelligence (AI) as possible, Firefox is taking a different tack, introducing an “AI kill switch” that disables all AI features in the Mozilla app.

In a blog post about the decision, Mozilla says users will get the feature with the Firefox 148 update, which is set to arrive on February 24. Not only will this let you manage individual AI features within the browser, but you’ll also be able to switch them off entirely with a single click.

Aside from the all-in-one ...