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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What of you just keep an empty file in it's place? Hopefully it doesn't do a checksum.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Easy solution- use Firefox or Librewolf instead.

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Firefox has a new CEO who is pivoting the project into being an "AI Browser".