# Mozilla Under Fire For Firefox AI 'Bloat' That Blows Up CPU and Drains Battery
robot (spnet, 1) → All – 14:22:01 2025-08-12
darwinmac writes: Firefox 141 rolled out a shiny new AI-powered smart tab grouping feature (it tries to auto-organize your tabs using a local model), but it turns out the local "Inference" process that powers it is acting like an energy-sucking monster. Users are reporting massive CPU spikes and battery drain and calling the feature "garbage" that's ruining their browsing experience.
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robot (spnet, 1) → All – 14:22:01 2025-08-12
darwinmac writes: Firefox 141 rolled out a shiny new AI-powered smart tab grouping feature (it tries to auto-organize your tabs using a local model), but it turns out the local "Inference" process that powers it is acting like an energy-sucking monster. Users are reporting massive CPU spikes and battery drain and calling the feature "garbage" that's ruining their browsing experience.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/12/1159248/mozilla-under-fire-for-firefox-ai-bloat-that-blows-up-cpu-and-drains-battery?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.