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Firefox promises an AI kill switch

December 20, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Firefox kill switch AI

Firefox is responding to heavy criticism over AI being added to the browser by promising a true AI kill switch. The feature would let users permanently disable all AI functionality, restoring control for those who simply do not want it.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Firefox, Mozilla Tags AI backlash, AI features, browser privacy, Firefox, Jake Archibald, Mozilla, open web, user control, web browser, web developers

Cloudflare launches Content Signals Policy to fight AI crawlers and scrapers

September 24, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Cloudflare Fights AI Scraper

Cloudflare is giving publishers and site owners a way to declare preferences on how AI companies use their content, expanding robots.txt with new policy language.

Categories Artificial Intelligence Tags AI crawlers, AI training, Cloudflare, Content Signals Policy, data scraping, Matthew Prince, open web, publishers, robots.txt, website owners

Vivaldi rejects AI browsers and declares browsing must stay human

August 29, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
No way ai

Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner says the company will not add AI chatbots or summaries to its browser, warning that they strip away curiosity and harm the open web.

Categories Artificial Intelligence Tags AI, browser, Gemini, Google Chrome, Jon von Tetzchner, Microsoft Edge, open web, privacy, Vivaldi, web exploration
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