{"id":4110573,"date":"2025-12-22T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4110573\/firefox-gets-a-kill-switch-for-ai-features.html"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:14:01","slug":"firefox-gets-a-kill-switch-for-ai-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4110573\/firefox-gets-a-kill-switch-for-ai-features.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox gets a kill switch for AI features"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"remove_no_follow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid grid--cols-10@md grid--cols-8@lg article-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"col-12 col-10@md col-6@lg col-start-3@lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-column__content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\"><div class=\"container\"><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Mozilla&rsquo;s new CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo promised that Firefox will be a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/computersweden.se\/article\/4107691\/mozilla-har-ny-vd-lovar-fokus-pa-ai.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/computersweden.se\/article\/4107691\/mozilla-har-ny-vd-lovar-fokus-pa-ai.html\">modern AI browser<\/a>,&rdquo; which attracted a lot of attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, users who are not interested in the AI features will be able to turn it all off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ndash; There will be an option in Firefox to disable all AI features. We&rsquo;ve internally called it the &ldquo;AI kill switch&rdquo; but I&rsquo;m sure it will eventually have a less murderous name, writes Firefox developer Jake Archibald on <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@firefoxwebdevs\/115740500373677782\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@firefoxwebdevs\/115740500373677782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mastodon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ability to turn off all AI features in Firefox will be introduced in the first quarter of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/9to5linux.com\/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9to5linux<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More on AI and browsers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4022818\/hands-on-an-early-look-at-comet-and-how-ai-browsers-could-change-the-internet.html\">Hands on: An early look at Comet &mdash; and how AI browsers could change the internet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4083528\/ai-web-browsers-are-cool-helpful-and-utterly-untrustworthy.html\">AI web browsers are cool, helpful, and utterly untrustworthy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4067731\/perplexitys-ai-browser-comet-is-now-free-to-use.html\">Perplexity&rsquo;s AI browser Comet is now free to use<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4030690\/microsoft-is-turning-edge-into-an-ai-browser.html\">Microsoft is turning Edge into an AI browser<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/4067731\/perplexitys-ai-browser-comet-is-now-free-to-use.html\"><br><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Mozilla&rsquo;s new CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo promised that Firefox will be a &ldquo;modern AI browser,&rdquo; which attracted a lot of attention. 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