Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

https://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-under-fire-for-firefox-ai-bloat-that-blows-up-cpu-and-drains-battery/

by b112 • 11 months ago

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Bender• 11 months ago

For the mitigation in about:config, find:

  - browser.ml.chat.enabled and set it to false.

  - browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled and set it to false.

MrAlex94• 11 months ago

When I rebased all of Waterfox’s changes onto the latest ESR branch, disabling AI features was my top priority. I only kept translations, and even that’s opt-in. I think most Firefox features, especially anything AI-related, should be opt-in by default. This feels like part of a broader shift in software expectations - when applications start acting autonomously, users should know exactly what’s happening and explicitly consent to that behavior.

Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

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