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Firefox Forcing LLM Features - equk's blog (equk.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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"Mozilla has been adding in llm & ai related features to Firefox for a while, enabling them by default without asking the user... The main problem with this is users are having this forced on them with no gui option to disable these features."

Article contains instructions for disabling the LLM through about:config.

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[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh, come on... They are enabling you to use LLM is you want to. They are not forcing anyone.

https://support.mozilla.org/da/kb/ai-chatbot

And here is why it is better than most alternatives out there... An Open Source AI, build with transparency and ethics should be something to be exited about - for all who use LLM... For the record, I don't. I don't have any use for it, my brain works fine... But I have an exception, and that's my own private LLM, running only on my machine...

https://www.mozilla.ai/

So, please take a chill pill, and do some research before yelling "WOLF!"

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Article says the LLM is now enabled by default and there is no UI to turn it off. Is that wrong? Your link refers to Firefox 133 which is quite old by now.

Added: found the lobsters thread, https://lobste.rs/s/gntidf/firefox_forcing_llm_features

It's hard to tell from there.

Added 2: HN, I haven't looked at this yet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45858959

[+] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So, enabled how? Tell me how it's enabled, that I can't turn of by the UI? I use Firefox, do you? I haven't met LLMs in my use, in any way - most demands that you sign in, and I haven't... Sure, you have the possibility in the sidebar, but you have to use it... it's an option.

So tell me, what does the article say, is enabled by default? The possibility?

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Please read. "LLM features cannot be disabled in the UI"

Like you're saying, the feature is there, you're seeing it in your own browser. There is no UI option to disable seeing it.

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 days ago

There's also an option to install thousand of addons, and no UI option to disable seeing them.... Oh wait, how about just not going there!

This is so stupid. It's like not liking to use tables in a writing program, and removed about the option to use it, is there!

Oh, BTW - You can actually right click on the "Open AI chatbot" and choose to hide it... But I guess that's too obvious for you, right?

[–] viewports@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I didn't even notice the button was there since I had the sidebar hidden it was easy enough to right click and remove don't get the big deal it's not even 'on' if you click it you have to set it up

[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 days ago

Exactly. This is an article for someone who don't know why words matter. And people here, buy it without being critical. It's rather sad...