{"id":1549947,"date":"2026-04-10T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BFP8WaBw9jX4u9BsZ2B2Pb"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:01:51","slug":"mozilla-says-microsoft-goes-too-far-with-copilot-right-before-reassuring-that-you-can-turn-off-firefoxs-ai-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mozilla-says-microsoft-goes-too-far-with-copilot-right-before-reassuring-that-you-can-turn-off-firefoxs-ai-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla says ‘Microsoft goes too far’ with Copilot, right before reassuring that you can turn off Firefox’s ‘AI enhancements’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Misclicking the Copilot button before hurrying to shut down Windows’ built-in AI has become a familiar ritual for many recent Microsoft customers. At one point, it seemed like the company wanted to crowbar AI into all of its offerings, though it recently announced it would pull back on this approach. Even so, Mozilla has shared a few choice words about Microsoft’s AI-implementation.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says it plans to roll back AI features and improve performance<\/a>, but Mozilla alleges, “This is just the most recent example of Microsoft going too far without user consent.” In a recent blog post<\/a>, the company behind Firefox criticised Microsoft’s auto-installing of the M365 Copilot app, and the introduction of the aforementioned physical, not easy to remap Copilot key<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post also levels criticism at what is described as Microsoft’s “pattern of deceptive design patterns,” particularly with regards to its distribution tactics for the Edge browser. Mozilla highlights “deliberately complicated processes for changing your default browser, to UI that routes users back to Microsoft\u2019s Edge browser even after they\u2019ve explicitly chosen something else.”<\/p>\n

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