Hi everyone 👋,
I’m Stefan, a PM on the Firefox team. We’ve talked a lot about building AI in Firefox in a way that puts users in control. Today, I wanted to share something new we’re testing that does just that, and get feedback: AI controls.
As AI-enhanced features show up in more places across Firefox, we’ve heard that you want clearer ways to understand what’s enabled and how to manage it. This feature is a step towards that. You can read more about the approach in our Distilled blog post.
AI controls will be available to try later today in Firefox Nightly. We’re still actively working on it, so some details may change before this ships more broadly in Firefox 148 later this month.
What’s covered in AI controls today
From the AI controls page in Settings, you'll be able to manage the following AI-enhanced features:
- Translations – generative translation of webpage content
- Alt text in PDFs – generated image descriptions for improved accessibility
- AI-enhanced tab grouping – suggested group names and related tabs
- Link previews – AI-generated key points from a page before opening it
- AI chatbot in the sidebar – quick access to a selected chatbot (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and more)
All features are optional, and you can choose a setup based on what works for you.
Blocking AI features
If you don’t want to use AI features at all, the Block AI enhancements toggle disables current and future AI features and suppresses prompts. You can always re-enable individual features if you want.
Feedback we’re looking for
Your feedback from Nightly is especially valuable as we look to continually improve the AI controls over time:
- Is the settings UI clear, discoverable, and understandable without additional context?
- Do the controls behave the way you expect when you enable or block a feature? If not, what surprised you?
- Is anything missing that you expected to be configurable, or anything present that feels unnecessary?
- Have you encountered any bugs, glitches, or confusing edge cases? Please include steps to reproduce where possible.
- Does the language used in the UI clearly explain what each control does and what it affects?
Thanks for taking the time to try this out!
- Stef
