"Show more" in Google search causes high Firefox GPU usage
Clicking 'Show more' on Google search AI responses causes high GPU usage in Firefox, leading to performance issues and increased fan activity on Macbook Pro. This occurs regardless of whether browser extensions like uBlock Origin and NoScript are active or disabled, including in private windows. Users have reported the Firefox GPU process consuming up to 319% CPU after expanding AI-generated search results.
- ▪Clicking 'Show more' in Google AI search results triggers high Firefox GPU usage.
- ▪The issue causes the Firefox GPU process to consume up to 319% CPU.
- ▪It occurs in both regular and private browsing modes, even with ad blockers disabled.
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Has anyone else noticed this? If I do a Google search and an AI response comes up, things are fine. But if I click "Show more" to get more details, the Firefox GPU process starts hogging my Macbook Pro:PID COMMAND %CPU 1200 Firefox GPU 319.2I do use uBlock Origin and NoScript addons, but these are disabled in private windows and this GPU thing happens with either regular or private windows where the addons aren't running. I only noticed this because eventually the fan will ramp up.
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.