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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by kennywinker on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:11PM (#48028642)
> This AI model would only be used when you invoke it

You sure about that? How explicit is the invocation? assuming it’s only run when the user does something (big assumption), does the user know clicking that summarize button is going to bog their system down and crank up their electricity use?

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by robinsonb5 on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:28PM (#48028857)
Indeed. Trusting that it will only be processing the user's queries - as opposed to, say, becoming part of a distributed grid of AI processing nodes - isn't a bet I'd be willing to place much money on.
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