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.