Firefox: battery and processor problems? Disable these IA features

Since his version 141 last AugustFirefox has put many users on the back. In question, the addition of several features powered by artificial intelligence. Not always effective or relevant, these also concretely nibble the system resources (processor and battery in mind), which can undermine the most modest PCs. While waiting for Mozilla to offer a clear option to decide what to activate or not, it is fortunately possible to delete IA features at the mano in a few clicks.

How to deactivate Firefox IA features

Firefox currently offers two AI features. The first, obviously the most problematic for the consumption of browser resources, makes it possible to group and rename “intelligently” the tabs in thematic groups. The second is a classic chatbot.

The two run locally on the user’s machine and permanently activate a process called inference. To get rid of it, it’s simple:

• 1/ In the Firefox address bar, type About: Configthen validate
• 2/ Accept the warning message displayed

• 3/ In the search bar of the page which opens, search for the following terms and pass them from true has false By double-clicking above or with the button on the right:-Browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled (grouping of tabs)-Browser.ml.chat.enabled (Chatbot IA)-Optional: Browser.ml.chat.shortcuts, Browser.ml.mhat.sidebar and Browser.ml.Chat.Page to hide the fate contextual menus in Firefox

• 4/ All that remains is to restart Firefox and normally everything should have returned to normal with a less requested processor and battery.

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