Mozilla Adds One-Click Option to Disable Generative AI Features in Firefox

Mozilla Adds One-Click Option to Disable Generative AI Features in Firefox

Ravie LakshmananFeb 03, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Privacy Mozilla on Monday announced a new controls section in its Firefox desktop browser settings that allows users to completely turn off generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features. “It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox,” Ajit Varma, head of Firefox, said. “You…

Firefox will soon offer a way to block all of its generative AI features

Firefox will soon offer a way to block all of its generative AI features

Like practically every other tech company under the sun, Mozilla has been jamming generative AI features into its products. The organization has now acknowledged that not everyone wants things like plagiarism machines chatbots in the Firefox sidebar, so it’s giving you the option to turn off all of that. On February 24 (or earlier in…

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

Firefox will begin catering to those who don’t want AI in their browser. On Monday, Mozilla announced that Firefox will soon let users block all current and future generative AI features. Users will also have the option to block certain AI features in Firefox, while keeping others. Starting with Firefox 148, which is rolling out…

Microsoft Notepad and Paint are getting new AI features, for some reason

Microsoft Notepad and Paint are getting new AI features, for some reason

Microsoft has officially confirmed the rollout of new updates to its out-of-box Notepad and Paint applications for Windows 11, specifically for Windows Insiders currently in the Canary and Dev Channels of the PC operating system. Notepad version 11.2512.10.0 arrives with a new Markdown syntax feature in the form of text strikethrough and nested lists. The…