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Firefox Forcing LLM Features

14 days ago
  • #AI
  • #Privacy
  • #Firefox
  • Mozilla has been enabling LLM & AI features in Firefox by default without user consent.
  • Users report high CPU & RAM usage due to these AI features.
  • Mozilla's ToS wording raised concerns about user data tied to AI features.
  • Disabling AI features requires manual configuration via `about:config` or `prefs.js`.
  • Several Firefox forks remove these AI features, but non-technical users may switch browsers.
  • Firefox holds a small market share (2.17%) compared to Chrome (71.77%).
  • A GitHub repository provides scripts to disable AI features in Firefox profiles.