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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 months ago

Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

www.theverge.com

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Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

www.theverge.com

Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 months ago
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An AI killswitch.
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  • James R Kirk@startrek.website
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    9 months ago

    What exactly are the AI features everyone is talking about? The only one I’ve encountered is the “long click to preview link” and it’s… not super useful but far from annoying like Copilot.

  • its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org
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    Is there an alternative at this point? I tried Brave on a recommendation and its got AI integrated from default with opt out required.

    • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      LibreWolf and IronFox are forks that completely remove the AI stuff (among other privacy tweaks) as far as I’m aware.

      People have also been recommending Waterfox quite often recently.

      • pbjamm@beehaw.org
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        9 months ago

        Been using LibreWolf for a few months now and have no regrets.

    • leriotdelac@lemmy.zip
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      9 months ago

      And also Zen browser, also Firefox fork. Quite a few options exist.

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    9 months ago

    It should be opt-in, not opt-out.

  • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyz
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    “Would you like an opt-out in these trying times?”

    It’s because of opt-out that these are trying times, you sonofabitch.

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