Disable AI in Firefox

"If you’d like to turn these features off, open about:config in the Firefox address bar, search for browser.ml.enable, set it to false, and that should disable everything."

This is nice to know but in future versions of Firefox that single config switch (browser.ml.enable) will both change names and split into multiple sub-switches, most likely appearing in different pages of about:config.

These sub-switches will then not remain consistent.

Bank on it.

Mozilla's default setting is true. This is the tired, old "opt-out" tactic

Almost no one changes defaults, according to the experts

It's perverse to think about:config is doing favours for anyone except Mozilla and its business partners

Otherwise the defaults would be false, i.e., opt-in

Its easier to just go to a bfirefox rowser flavor that has better defaults like librewolf or maybe zen browser.

It's already not true. I had browser.ml.enable and browser.ml.chat.enabled set to false but I was still getting an option to ask an AI Chatbot about stuff in my right-click context menu. I had to also set browser.ml.chat.menu to false.

Also pick a lane mozilla. Either use "enable" or "enabled", don't use both.