Post #71551
2025-12-16 23:54 UTC
It is opt in, this article is click bait.
Directly from the horses mouth:
"In Firefox, you’ll never be locked into one ecosystem or have AI forced into your browsing experience. You decide when, how or whether to use it at all. You’ve already seen this approach in action through some of our latest features like the AI chatbot in the sidebar for desktop or Shake to Summarize on iOS. "
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-window/
Replies (3)
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@mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2025-12-17 00:25
We’ll just ignore the fact that the chat bot menu setting randomly appeared after an update. Very opt in. The only way to kill the task it sparks is to go into about:config and kill all the browser.ml.* options. No one here cares what Firefox says because their actions have already hurt the trust in them.
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@SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2025-12-17 00:49
Except I literally had to dig through the about: config settings to turn off AI in my browsing experience. So they are already lying
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@imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-17 05:53
Any articles can be a click bait. The reality is what matters. I didnt turn on AI in Firefox myself. It just appeared there after an update and was turned on. It is not opt in but an opt out.