This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:
- type
about:configinto the awesome bar - skip the warning for first time modders
- locate the
browser.ml.chat.enabledsetting and set it tofalse
In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.
(HT to @kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de for the hint!)
#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI
Is that Murica-only/Not-EU? Because I haven’t seen any mention of AI/ML/LLM in nightly.
@30p87@feddit.org Murica?
Mozilla introduced the chatbot option in Firefox 133: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot
It’s already disabled by default though. And if you use the sidebar/vertical tabs and even want to remove the menu option there, click “Customize sidebar”, then uncheck “AI chatbot”. No need for messing with
about:configand ignoring warnings.@Vincent@feddit.nl Disabled in the sidebar or in
about:config?According to our tests, vanilla Firefox has
browser.ml.chat.enabled = trueby default.Disabled as in there is no AI chatbot you can chat with by default until you set it up. If you enable the sidebar/vertical tabs, there is an “AI chatbot” button, but if you click that, you’ll still have to set it up yourself, if I remember correctly. And you can remove that button the way I described.
Murica, as in a Redneck-accent version of “America”, as that is usually the breeding spot of bullshit - a first world country economically (let’s see for how long), but a third world country in terms of human rights, especially digitally
@30p87
It’s only a sidebar that can show a LLM chat tab (basically just a framed website) of different LLM providers including fully local ones.
@switchingsoftware
I just discovered that there is something like a sidebar, lol. But yeah, considering you can disable the tab without any hassle, I wouldn’t consider it a real problem. As long as they don’t try to integrate it further.