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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by _carbyau_ on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @10:15PM (#48031343)
Back to the assumptions.

If the onboard LLM means no data sending and you get your own little service wholly subservient to you like a good little program. That's nice!

If the onboard LLM means better data filtering, possibly even exploration of the local system, to send information to Google while lessening their datacentre bills running LLM services. That seems a little underhanded to just bake into things without notification.

Pick your assumption, you get your outcome. What are your assumptions?

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by blackoil on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @11:32PM (#48031819)
Why assume? it should be observable. You can check the code and data traffic to see how it is used.
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by robot-wrangler on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:43AM (#48034277)
Can't observe the future, so learn from the past.. or use common sense. You don't react to a stranger or a mysterious camera in your household by saying, wow ok, let's see if anything bad happens.
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