You can turn off Firefox's new AI features with one simple switch - here's how

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• AI arrived in Firefox in December, and more control is coming soon.
• Firefox will soon let you enable or disable AI features.
• Firefox 148 arrives Feb. 24.

Every major web browser on the market includes AI tools. There's Copilot for Edge, Aria for Opera, Apple Intelligence for Safari, and more. But Mozilla was behind the curve in adding AI to Firefox.

In December, when Mozilla announced it would finally add AI to Firefox, the reaction from users wasn't exactly welcoming. What Mozilla failed to realize is that the majority of Firefox users don't want AI. Many Linux users, who make up a large share of Firefox's fan base, don't want AI in their OS, either.

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