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I would like to use Firefox with a search that uses an AI bot, similar to how Brave uses Leo. Leo does not ask me to sign in every time, like Perplexity does when I select it as the Firefox search engine. Also, when I do a search, Perplexity always causes the Google sign in option, which I hate. So, I continue to use Brave/Leo, because I use the AI/Leo capability a lot, but would prefer Firefox and something.

Suggestions?

Thank you

Dear Firefox team

The ASK-AI in firefox is very useful. We can use it more, but the limitation of AI providers, block us. So If you could add Ollama support, We can use the AI that we installed on our Laptop. Please add this option also, or if this is an open-source project, please give me the Git project URL to I add it.

Thank you.

I thanks you for giving me the ability to use use firefox wihtout AI (by turning it off in the setting, you did it, love you, love you, love you), so really I can't use AI, I don't use regular trnslation that AI enable like google traduction, and chatgpt etc.., I see from my use of them start, the soft skills go very below, they really kill my soft skills I am trying to avoid them as much as possible, and thank you for giving me a choise,

Hi Mozilla Community,

With the rapid growth of local AI, I am interested in how we can better utilize local models—specifically via tools like Ollama or LM Studio—within the Mozilla ecosystem.

Given Mozilla's core commitment to privacy and user agency, using local LLMs seems like a perfect fit for:

Privacy-preserving browser assistants: Using Firefox extensions to interact with local endpoints (e.g., localhost:11434 for Ollama). Local content analysis: Summarizing or analyzing web pages without sending sensitive data to third-party cloud providers. WebGPU research: Exploring how local inference can be integrated more deeply into the browser experience. Are there any ongoing projects or planned features that would allow users to connect their local AI endpoints to Firefox? Or is there a recommended community-driven way to implement this via extensions?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this direction.

In the Firefox browser, when I am on a page with only an image, it seems like Firefox does not allow me to open the ctrl-f field to type text.

I want to use this on image pages, because there are times when I need to retrieve information from an image, like the title of a book from the image of a book cover, and it is much more convenient to type out the text in the same window (alternatives would be something like writing out the text on a piece of paper and then typing it after leaving the tab, or opening some other program where I can type text, or trying to memorize the text). If I type out the text in the url field it usually shows a bunch of dropdown text that covers the image and keeps me from being able to see what I'm typing, which is why I usually use the ctrl f field to type.

Is there a setting I can change that would allow me to use ctrl-f on pages that only have an image?

edit: the best alternative I can find is to open web developer tools in the page and use the ctrl f field within the web developer tools window

i used to be able to access Gemini by clicking an icon in the leftmost column of any Firfox screen. I nw get an error 502 message. How can restore access to Gemini

Hello,

On my other machines I have Firefox with Perplexity as my Chatbot in the sidebar. Why is it no longer listed? (Anthropic, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Mistral only).

Can you help me with as I have a subscription with them and don't want to use their browser Comet as an alternative or simply their browser interface if possible.

Thanks

hello- i have set firefox preferences to block all AI enhancements. even so, i keep getting 'search assist' and other AI prompts. see screen shot below. i do not want any AI involvement in my firefox experience. please advise. thanks

As stated, all the AI chatbots currently provided by Firefox in the sidebar (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Le Chat, MS Copilot, Claude) cannot be accessed in the Chinese mainland. Could Mozilla add some chatbots that can be accessed in the Chinese mainland to Firefox (such as Qwen Chat, Kimi, Doubao, Deepseek), or provide an option for customizing chatbots so that I can use local model providers like Ollama?

I set up Claude to use as my AI assistant in the Firefox sidebar. But, I made a mistake and signed in with my personal email and not my work email (which is attached to a paid Claude account). I cannot find an option to sign out of Claude and then sign back in with a different account. How is this to be done?

Every few days when I access an LLM website, Firefox tells me off for using the website instead of the browser sidebar. I've seen the popup several times, and I'd rather access the sites directly than in the sidebar. How do I stop it happening again and again? I'd prefer not to disable the sidebar LLM feature completely in case I want to use it later.

I want to disable AI on Firefox. I noted a response to another request, that in the first quarter of 2026 something will/may be introduced to allow users to choose not to have an AI input on their Firefox. When will this be available?

I can see why AI summaries on Google searches can sometimes be useful. But I don't have any need for AI-related things on my browser and certainly don't want to contribute to AI's impact on resources etc.

It should be a simple yes/no choice. If it's too complicated to provide a yes/no choice that itself is a very strong indication that there's good reason for needing that choice. What is happening, and when?

I use Firefox for schoolwork in college and I find it very useful, but I want to avoid having access to AI features. I know there is a switch in the Firefox settings that lets you turn off all AI features, but I find this too easy to simply turn back on. Is there a way to either permanently block AI features while using Firefox or make it harder to simply switch back on in settings. Is there maybe a way to use the about:config function to remove AI features, so it is more difficult to turn them on.

I would like to turn your new, Page Summary feature but I can not find any setting for that. Is there a way to turn it off or am I just stuck with it.

More: I have tried the Page Summary feature. For the sites that I spend most of my time on (BBs), it only removes the information that allows me to quickly decide what I want to click on. It also removes the shortcut buttons that I frequently use. IMHO, it is just another poorly thought out and useless AI feature (Artificial Idiot).

Paul A.