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Six months ago, Firefox users were outraged by the new Mozilla management's attempt to install AI by default, which couldn't be disabled in the settings. This could only be done through a special procedure. Mozilla eventually created a dedicated tab in the settings where AI could be disabled. But today, I discovered that this tab has disappeared again in the new version. I offer Firefox users a procedure to disable AI.

Disable the integrated AI chatbot in Firefox

8.1. Firefox features an integrated AI chatbot. By default, it's turned on. This might negatively affect both your privacy and the performance (speed) of Firefox.

Thankfully, it's rather easy to disable this feature. Like this:

a. Type in the URL bar of Firefox:

about:config

Press Enter.

b. Now you're being presented with a warning. Ignore it and click on the blue button "Accept the Risk and Continue".

c. Copy/paste the following search term into the configuration search box:

browser.ml.

d. Find the following entry: browser.ml.chat.enabled
That's currently set to the boolean value true. Double-click on it, so that it changes into false.

Do the same for the entry: browser.ml.enable

e. Close Firefox and re-launch it.

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/speed-mint.html#ID8.1

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see anything about adding another AI to the browser...

The closest I see is when they go into about:config and sets two variables about AI to false.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

browser.ml.enable adds browser side machine learning code into firefox.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I am a huge moron, and completely missed the double click to set it to false part.

I'll just, uh, I'm gonna go now

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

Hehe, it's fine, I have done the same!

Here, take a break and browse some of my photos and relax:

https://metapixl.com/stoy