this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.

If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink. By giving you an off-switch, Mozilla’s leadership shifts the ethical burden of AI onto the user - turning their design choices into your responsibility.

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[–] aichan@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I only happened to see it here, mind sharing other commuties where they posted? I may want to join some^^