{“lastseen”:”2026-02-04T14:05:42″,”description”:”Some software providers have decided to lead by example and offer users a choice about the Artificial Intelligence (AI) features built into their products.\\n\\nThe latest example is Mozilla, which now offers users a one-click option to disable generative AI features in the Firefox browser.\\n\\nAudiences are divided about the use of AI, or as Mozilla put it on their blog:\\n\\n\\u003e \u201cAI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. We\u2019ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We\u2019ve also heard from others who want AI tools that are genuinely useful. Listening to our community, alongside our ongoing commitment to offer choice, led us to build AI controls.\u201d\\n\\nMozilla is adding an AI Controls area to Firefox settings that centralizes the management of all generative AI features. This consists mainly of a master switch, \u201c**Block AI enhancements** ,\u201d which lets users effectively run Firefox \u201cwithout AI.\u201d It blocks existing and future generative AI features and hides pop\u2011ups or prompts advertising them.\\n\\nOnce you set your AI preferences in Firefox, they stay in place across updates. You can also change them whenever you want.\\n\\nStarting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on February 24, you\u2019ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.\\n\\nImage courtesy of Mozilla\\n\\nYou can turn everything off with one click or take a more granular approach. At launch, these features can be controlled individually:\\n\\n * Translations, which help you browse the web in your preferred language.\\n * Alt text in PDFs, which add accessibility descriptions to images in PDF pages.\\n * AI-enhanced tab grouping, which suggests related tabs and group names.\\n * Link previews, which show key points before you open a link.\\n * An AI chatbot in the sidebar, which lets you use your chosen chatbot as you browse, including options like Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Le Chat Mistral.\\n\\n\\n\\nWe applaud this move to give more control to the users. Other companies have done the same, including Mozilla\u2019s competitor DuckDuckGo, which made AI optional after putting the decision to a user vote. Earlier, browser developer Vivaldi took a stand against incorporating AI altogether.\\n\\nOpen-source email service Tuta also decided not to integrate AI features. After only 3% of Tuta users requested them, Tuta removed an AI copilot from its development roadmap.\\n\\nEven Microsoft seems to have recoiled from pushing AI to everyone, although so far it has focused on walking back defaults and tightening per\u2011feature controls rather than offering a single, global off switch.\\n\\n## Choices\\n\\nMany people are happy to use AI features, and as long as you\u2019re aware of the risks and the pitfalls, that\u2019s fine. But pushing these features on users who don’t want them is likely to backfire on software publishers.\\n\\nWhich is only right. After all, you\u2019re paying the bill, so you should have a choice. Before installing a new browser, inform yourself not only about its privacy policy, but also about what control you’ll have over AI features.\\n\\nLooking at recent voting results, I think it\u2019s safe to say that in the AI gold rush, the real premium feature isn\u2019t a chatbot button\u2014it\u2019s the off switch.\\n\\n* * *\\n\\n**We don ‘t just report on privacy\u2014we offer you the option to use it.**\\n\\nPrivacy risks should never spread beyond a headline. Keep your online privacy yours by using Malwarebytes Privacy VPN.”,”published”:”2026-02-04T12:07:50″,”modified”:”2026-02-04T12:07:50″,”type”:”malwarebytes”,”title”:”Firefox is giving users the AI off switch”,”source”:””,”references”:””,”id”:”MALWAREBYTES:A8B1AFF1BCBEE45EEC631D67482BF30F”,”bulletinFamily”:”blog”,”cwe”:null,”cvelist”:[],”sourceData”:””,”sourceHref”:””,”cvss”:{“score”:0,”severity”:”NONE”,”vector”:”NONE”,”version”:”NONE”},”cvss2″:{},”cvss3″:{“version”:””,”vectorString”:””,”baseScore”:0,”baseSeverity”:””,”attackVector”:””,”attackComplexity”:””,”privilegesRequired”:””,”userInteraction”:””,”scope”:””,”confidentialityImpact”:””,”integrityImpact”:””,”availabilityImpact”:””,”cvssV3″:{“version”:””,”vectorString”:””,”baseScore”:0,”baseSeverity”:””,”attackVector”:””,”attackComplexity”:””,”privilegesRequired”:””,”userInteraction”:””,”scope”:””,”confidentialityImpact”:””,”integrityImpact”:””,”availabilityImpact”:””}},”href”:”https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2026\/02\/firefox-is-giving-users-the-ai-off-switch”,”category_name”:”News”,”post_link”:””,”product”:””,”version”:””,”vendor”:””,”ai_description”:””,”ai_severity”:””,”ai_vendor”:””,”ai_product”:””,”ai_version”:””,”ai_score”:0}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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