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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

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Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

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Mozilla recently rolled out a new on-device AI feature in Firefox, but it's already drawing complaints from users reporting high CPU usage and faster battery drain.

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In about:config. Not very obvious or user-friendly tbh.
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  You can literally do it through the menu. Go to settings, hit labs or search “ai” and untick it

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