Google Chrome Uses AI to Make Your Browsing Safer
Ever feel like the internet is a bit of a minefield with all those sneaky scammers trying to trick you. Well, Google is bringing out the big guns – artificial intelligence – to make your Chrome browsing experience a whole lot safer, especially on your desktop.
How AI is Becoming Chrome's Secret Weapon
Google is now using the strength of AI to supercharge its ability to identify and thwart online scammers. Think of AI as a super-smart detective that can sift through stacks of online text and instantly spot the giveaway characteristics of a scam. The firm says this AI-driven approach is already blocking "hundreds of millions" of bogus search results daily. That's a whole bunch of headaches avoided.
Meet Gemini Nano: Your Computer Chrome's Real-Time Protector
So, how does it work in your computer's Chrome browser. The magic is enabled by an AI model called Gemini Nano. If you've turned on "Enhanced Protection" in your Chrome settings (and you should), Gemini Nano kicks in, scanning sites as you visit them – all in real time.
This is not just about catching traditional, known phishing attacks. Google insists that this AI protects you from completely novel types of scams and frauds that cybercrooks never tire of coming up with. It's having a brawn that never stops evolving and learning from the latest threats.
What About Chrome on Your Android Phone.
Good news for Android enthusiasts. Google is not stopping at the desktop. They're going to extend the same AI-powered protection to the Chrome browser on your Android phone.
And landing on Android as a bonus to boot: a further clever machine learning program will be tasked with handling those pesky and occasional hazardous site pop-ups. In the event that Chrome recognizes a notification that is looking suspicious or deceiving, you will be signaled and unsubscribing them made extremely easy. No more succumbing to alarms that prove untrue.
It appears that Google is dedicated to implementing AI for the purpose of making us safer online. It will be interesting to observe how these features evolve and how good they become at combating online scammers.
