From CNET: Mozilla Firefox is adding new AI features this month, but you'll have the option to turn them off, according to a Tuesday blog post from Firefox head Ajit Varma.
"AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it," Varma wrote in the post. "Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer choice, led us to build AI controls."
Varma said in a November blog post that Mozilla planned to expand AI features for Firefox. This includes an AI chatbot sidebar and AI-powered summaries. But in this new post, Varma said many people want nothing to do with AI, so Mozilla will include a button to turn off AI in the latest update.
A Mozilla spokesperson told CNET that Firefox is making its AI features optional, transparent and easy to control or turn off entirely. "The goal is always for a better browsing experience, one that keeps people in control of how they experience the web and now AI, as it becomes more common across the web," the spokesperson said via email.
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