Disable AI in Firefox (flamedfury.com)

Mozilla has begun rolling out built‑in AI features in Firefox and enabled them by default, prompting pushback from users who find the new pop‑ups, highlight‑to‑chat UX and sidebar chatbot intrusive. The rollout bundles an internal machine‑learning platform into the browser that adds on‑page “Ask AI” badges, link previews, a page‑summariser/assistant, and an AI chat integrated into context menus and a sidebar — plus an AI‑driven Smart Tab Groups feature that auto‑organises and labels open tabs. If you want to disable it, open about:config, search for browser.ml.enable and set it to false to flip the master switch. If you prefer selective control, leave the master switch on and toggle individual flags such as browser.ml.chat.* (chat, sidebar, page menu, shortcuts), browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled, browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled, browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled, and extensions.ml.enabled (which lets extensions call Firefox’s ML API). The change is significant for the AI/ML community because it embeds model-driven features directly into a major browser and exposes an internal ML API for extensions — raising UX, extension‑integration and privacy/telemetry questions developers and power users will want to evaluate as the features iterate.