Firefox Adds Microsoft Copilot AI to Its Sidebar – but Will Users Accept It?
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Firefox has added Microsoft Copilot AI to its sidebar, sparking concerns among users about unwanted AI integration and potential loss of control over browser features.
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browser.ml.chat.enabled to false
There are a a bunch of other browser.ml settings, but I don't know what they do.
Also, there was a local AI model downloaded somewhere in the extensions settings that can be removed.
Not having ai bs baked in is a vanishingly rare feature in consumer software.