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4 days agoTL;DR:
- Chrome downloads a 4GB AI model without any user-facing option to disable this behaviour.
- Use another browser to avoid this, e.g. a Firefox employee stated that the AI kill-switch will completely stop such features in Firefox (Source: Techlore Talks). Other alternatives are Brave, Vivaldi, Waterfox and many more. Choose what fits your needs.
They’re actually being discussed, but more by experts with other experts, in groups of researchers, etc.
The general privacy advocate often times lacks the deep technical understanding.