Mozilla has been tinkering with AI product experiments in Firefox for a bit now. The company began rolling out access to AI chatbots a year ago with Firefox 135 and last September invited iOS users to “shake to summarize” a website with AI.

Mozilla will add a centralised AI control hub to Firefox 148, letting users enable or disable individual features or opt out of generative AI entirely. The update aims to give people greater choice and control over tools like translations,

Firefox 148 introduces centralised AI controls, including a master switch that lets users disable all built-in AI features and block future AI prompts in one step.

In a world where every other major web browser, such as Google Chrome or Apple Safari, comes with enhanced AI (Artificial Intelligence) features, Mozilla Firefox has decided to go on a slightly differ

Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.

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