Mozilla is giving Firefox users more control over artificial intelligence. Starting February 24, 2026, Firefox 148 will introduce a global option to disable all AI-powered features.
The new setting, technically an AI kill switch, will let you turn off every AI function in one move. This will allow you to have a more traditional browsing experience and avoid AI entirely.
Firefox recently rolled out several AI tools. These include translations to read pages in your preferred language, automatic alt text in PDFs for accessibility, and AI-enhanced tab grouping that suggests related tabs and names.
The browser also added link previews, showing key points before opening a page, and a sidebar chatbot that works with AI services like Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral.
You can choose which features to activate. Enabling the “Block AI enhancements” toggle will block all current and future AI tools on Firefox. Preferences will stay in place across, even if you update the browser, but you can be change the setting anytime.
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For those who want to test the controls early, the option will be available in Firefox Nightly before it rolls out to a stable release.
What do you think of Firefox’s AI kill switch? Should other browsers have this feature as well? Stay tuned for updates.
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