We may not have a killswitch for AI in general, but Mozilla gives users the ability to shut off AI in its Firefox browser (although it doesn’t include the features in the first place). In a blog postthe company announced that it will include a toggle in the next version of Firefox that will turn off AI functionality. The feature will be available in Firefox 148, scheduled to be released on February 24.

The feature will be accessible in the desktop browser settings, and will give users the ability to turn off the lights on all AI rather than granularly controlling which AI tools work best for them. A toggle will be available that, when turned on, will “block AI enhancements” introduced by Mozilla, including things like AI translations, tab grouping recommendations, and AI chatbots in the browser (Currently Firefox supports Anthropic’s Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Le Chat Mistral).

Users can now manually control which features they want to use, but the toggle will give them the ability to simply shut down everything—and make any future AI additions turned off by default. “This allows you to use Firefox without AI while we continue to develop AI features for its preferences,” the company said. SAYS.

The move comes just a month after Mozilla took serious heat for embracing AI. Back in December, the company announced that Firefox’s former General Manager, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, was taking over as CEO. As part of the announcement that he was in charge, Enzor-DeMeo SAYS that his plan is for Firefox to “evolve into a modern AI browser.”

While he RECOGNIZED that “AI should always be an option,” the fact that the company chose to inject AI into its flagship browser did not sit well with many of its diehard users. As browsers like Chrome and Brave increasingly make AI front and center in the browsing experience, and companies like OpenAI try to weasel their way into the browser wars with their own AI browser projects, Firefox mostly sticks to its guns as a privacy-focused, stripped-down browser that runs smoothly and supports a fair amount of customization.

Enzor-DeMeo’s announcement that AI will be central to Firefox’s future suggests the company is moving away from its main calling cards. This new toggle seems to be an attempt to ease those concerns. Unfortunately, even if users can choose these features, there is no way to prevent every company from participating in AI.