Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' feature.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-high-cpu-usage-inference-disable

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

Weird, I don't even see a slider! Perhaps we're in different testing groups or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    im on linux and using what I think is bog standard firefox with a few addons.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Same! But I think people are just randomly sorted in buckets to see how some experiments land.

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