Tip: How to Enable or Disable AI Services in Firefox Sidebar

Mozilla Firefox 130.0 and later versions come with built-in AI tools and services such as AI chatbots and text prompts. These AI services are disabled by default and this article will help you in enabling and using new AI services in Firefox web browser.

Following screenshot shows AI chatbots feature enabled and running in Firefox sidebar:

You can select any of following AI services to use in Firefox sidebar:

• Anthropic Claude
• ChatGPT
• Google Gemini
• HuggingChat
• Le Chat Mistral

Users can also enable “Show prompts on text select” AI feature that displays a shortcut to prompts when they select text. Firefox automatically sends the text, webpage title, and prompt to the chatbot.

Following screenshot shows AI text prompt feature enabled in Firefox web browser:

In May 2024, we told you about the several upcoming features in Firefox web browser such as tab groups, vertical tabs, redesigned sidebar, native profile manager, etc. Addition of AI services was also listed as one of the upcoming features of Firefox.

Following article contains details of all new features that will be a part of future versions of Firefox web browser:

Firefox to Get Tab Groups, Vertical Tabs, AI Features and More

Mozilla announced that the company will also add on-device AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and services in Firefox web browser that will respect user’s privacy and will store the data offline i.e. user’s local hard disk.

Finally Mozilla has implemented the much awaited AI services in the latest 130.0 stable version of Firefox web browser. Currently Firefox provides AI chatbots and text prompts functionality to its users.

The new AI services are disabled for all users by default and interested users are required to activate and enable them by using a new Firefox Labs page.

Firefox Labs page is a new feature in Firefox that allows users to enable and test upcoming features in Firefox’s stable version. Users can manually enable these testing features and provide their feedback and suggestions to Mozilla to improve the feature.

Related: How to Enable or Disable Firefox Labs to Try Experimental Features

If you also want to enable and use new AI services in Firefox web browser, following steps will help you:

STEP 1: Open Firefox Settings page by clicking on the main Firefox Menu (3-lines Hamburger menu icon) present at the right-side end of the toolbar and selecting Settings option. Alternatively, you can direct option Settings page using about:preferences command in address bar.

STEP 2: Now select Firefox Labs section or tab in left sidebar. You can also directly access the Firefox Labs page using about:preferences#experimental URL in the address bar.

STEP 3: In right-side pane, you’ll see several new features to turn on/off by just checking/unchecking their checkbox.

To enable AI services, tick the “AI chatbot” option and select desired AI service from the drop-down list.

If you want to enable AI text prompt feature as well, enable the “Show prompts on text select” option.

That’s it. It’ll immediately enable the AI services in Firefox sidebar.

PS: If the AI chatbot doesn’t appear in sidebar, select a different AI chatbot from the drop-down list and Firefox will start showing AI chatbot in the sidebar.

In future, if you decide to disable and remove the AI services, disable the above mentioned options again using Firefox Labs page.

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Enable Upcoming Profile Manager Feature in Mozilla Firefox