https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/resource-disabling-ai-features-in-firefox-10-27-25/
I came across a guide on Flamed Fury to disabling new AI “features” in Firefox. I run Firefox with Arkenfox and a separate overrides file. I had not noticed any AI features with my set-up, but Flamed Fury inspired me to check my settings. It turned out the main AI toggle, browser.ml.enable, was enabled, as were the other ones he noted. This could be on account of the fact that Firefox is on version 144 but Arkenfox is still on 140 (assuming the AI toggles will be disabled in the next release). In the interim, I followed Flamed Fury’s guide to disabling the AI toggles, but I implemented them from my user-overrides.js file and then ran the Arkenfox updater scripts. See how they look (with one additional) in my overrides:
user_pref("browser.ml.enabled", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.sidebar", false);user_pref("browser.ml.checkForMemory", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.shortcuts", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.page", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge", false);user_pref("browser.ml.chat.menu", false);user_pref("browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled", false);user_pref("browser.ml.extensions.ml.enabled", false);user_pref("browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled", false);user_pref("browser.tabs.groups.smart,enabled", false);user_pref("browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnable", false); If you want to maintain a clean Firefox, I recommend taking a look at
Arkenfox, albeit it is important to
read the docs before using it. Regarding the AI features, while I appreciate that Firefox does make it possible to disable unwanted additions to the browser, it would have been nice if they had at least made the AI stuff
opt-in instead of
opt-out. #ai #firefox #techGuides #webBrowsers