To adjust the adaptive brightness feature, find your Surface and follow the specific instructions for that model.
If you have a Surface Go model, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Laptop 3 with Intel processor, Surface Laptop 4 with Intel processor, Surface Laptop Go, Surface Laptop Go 2, Surface Pro 6, Surface Pro 7, Surface Pro 7+, Surface Book 3:
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Open the Intel Graphics Command Center app, available from Microsoft Store.
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Select System from the left menu, then select Power from the top menu.
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First try sliding the Power Efficiency setting to the left to improve the graphics quality, while still saving some battery life.
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If you're still seeing screen brightness changes you don't want, move the Display Power Savings setting to Off.
If you have a Surface Laptop 3 15” with AMD processor or Surface Laptop 4 with AMD processor:
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Select the battery icon on the Windows taskbar.
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Move the slider to the Best performance setting.