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Mozilla has been tinkering with AI product experiments in Firefox for a bit now. The company began rolling out access to AI chatbots a year ago with Firefox 135 and last September invited iOS users to “shake to summarize” a website with AI.
With the new Firefox version, users can individually choose to use AI translations, alt texts in PDF files, AI-enhanced tap grouping, link previews and AI chatbots, including options such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Mistral. Plus, those who don’t want any AI features at all can block all AI enhancements.
Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.
The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today. Firefox users who prefer to browse without artificial intelligence will be able to turn off several AI features that Mozilla has added over the last several months.
You can disable all AI-powered features inside Firefox, or pick and choose which ones you still want to use.
The update reflects Mozilla’s broader positioning as a user-first alternative in a browser market increasingly shaped by automation and AI integrations.
Mozilla adds a one-click privacy toggle in Firefox to let users instantly disable all built-in and third-party generative AI features and data sharing.
Mozilla is adding five optional AI features to the browser with Firefox 148, which comes out Feb. 24. Users can disable individual features (or all of them) from a new "AI controls" menu in settings. The new "Block AI enhancements" toggle will disable all current and future AI features in the browser.