Telegram Desktop is rolling out the compulsory AI features with annoying pop-ups. I highly recommend turning off automatic updates everywhere for Telegram.

I've made a feature request for Telegram Desktop to turn off the AI: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/30504

The developer who added the AI button says it's possible they could add an experimental toggle: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/30504#issuecomment-4183507219 Add a 👍/❤️/🚀 emoji reaction there, to show this would be welcome!

For Telegram Desktop, the last version before AI features were added is 6.6.3, here: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v6.6.3 (Or 6.6.4 for Linux.)

Here is the direct Telegram feature request on the bug tracker asking for a setting to turn off the AI features on all clients: https://bugs.telegram.org/c/60535

The original feature request I linked has been merged with another one, so all the comments and 👍s have been deleted. If you supported the one I posted, go to https://bugs.telegram.org/c/60535 and double-check that your 👍 is on it.

Edit 2026-04-08: Telegram Desktop have added an experimental setting to turn off AI so it's now safe to update! Click here to thank them on Github with an emoji or comment: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/30504#issuecomment-4203572029

However, Telegram itself have still not added a toggle, so this issue on their bug-tracker still needs infinite comments and 👍s: https://bugs.telegram.org/c/60535

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