Google Is Baking Gemini AI Into Chrome (pcworld.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/20/2253221/google-is-baking-gemini-ai-into-chrome
- Source link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2788839/project-mariner-google-is-baking-gemini-ai-into-chrome.html
> Microsoft [1]famously brought its Copilot AI to the Edge browser in Windows. Now Google is [2]doing the same with Chrome . In a list of announcements that spanned dozens of pages, Google allocated just a single line to the announcement: "Gemini is coming to Chrome, so you can ask questions while browsing the web." Google later clarified what Gemini on Chrome can do: "This first version allows you to easily ask Gemini to clarify complex information on any webpage you're reading or summarize information," the company said in a [3]blog post . "In the future, Gemini will be able to work across multiple tabs and navigate websites on your behalf."
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> Other examples of what Gemini can do involves coming up with personal quizzes based on material in the Web page, or altering what the page suggests, like a recipe. In the future, Google plans to allow Gemini in Chrome to work on multiple tabs, navigate within Web sites, and automate tasks. Google said that you'll be able to either talk or type commands to Gemini. To access it, you can use the Alt+G shortcut in Windows. [...] You'll see Gemini appear in Chrome as early as this week, Google executives said -- on May 21, a representative clarified. However, you'll need to be a Gemini subscriber to take advantage of its features, a requirement that Microsoft does not apply with Copilot for Edge. Otherwise, Google will let those who participate in the Google Chrome Beta, Dev, and Canary programs test it out.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/02/07/1819236/microsoft-announces-new-bing-and-edge-browser-powered-by-upgraded-chatgpt-ai
[2] https://www.pcworld.com/article/2788839/project-mariner-google-is-baking-gemini-ai-into-chrome.html
[3] https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-app-updates-io-2025/#chrome&xcust=2-1-2788839-1-0-0-0-0&sref=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2788839/project-mariner-google-is-baking-gemini-ai-into-chrome.html
Oh dear (Score:5, Insightful)
"Gemini will be able to work across multiple tabs"
Cross site scripting hackers will be salivating already.
"Other examples of what Gemini can do involves coming up with personal quizzes based on material in the Web page, or altering what the page suggests"
IOW most of its functionalty is total garbage dreamt up by a committee of idiots.
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Yep. Web-app insecurity through use of AI. I am tempted to advertize a student-thesis in this one, but it is a bit too early yet. Maybe next year.
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Other examples of what Gemini can do involves coming up with personal quizzes based on material in the Web page, or altering what the page suggests
Isn't that a privacy nightmare?
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What a nightmare.
Google should know better than literally anyone what a problem not only direct CSRF and XSS issues have been what a problem side channel attacks like history snooping and using CSS properties to test for vistited links etc, have been browser privacy.
How anyone thinks that allowing agent context exist beyond the Window (tab) level isn't going to be a security and privacy fiasco is mind boggling.
So, it's kinda like a search engine, only worse? (Score:2)
Didn't Google used to have a search engine? What happened to that?
This sounds like the prophesies of Douglas Adams, with "Genuine People Personalities(tm)" ("sounds awful!" ["it is"]) and the note about "first against the wall when the Revolution came".
Re:So, it's kinda like a search engine, only worse (Score:4, Funny)
> Didn't Google used to have a search engine? What happened to that?
No idea. Have not used it in ages. Crappy result and too many ads.
Great! (Score:3)
Can we maybe not AI-ify every damn thing?
Yet another entry on the ever-growing list of reasons I won't use Chrome. I just hope it doesn't infect Chromium-based browsers.
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They simply had to internet-ify everything. Did you think they weren't going to AI-ify everything too?
Next up, they're going to subscription-ify everything that was previously internet and AI -ified.
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Imagine you're a worker at some big company and the boss buys you something to improve your productivity. Maybe you like it, maybe you don't, but that's irrelevant. You'll use it and best to have a good attitude about it (because what other choice do you have?).
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> Imagine you're a worker at some big company and the boss buys you something to improve your productivity. Maybe you like it, maybe you don't, but that's irrelevant. You'll use it and best to have a good attitude about it (because what other choice do you have?).
This implies that everyone using the Chrome browser is working for Google. And while Google likes that view of the situation, I think you'll find that if we aren't getting a paycheck from them, despite the advertising dollars they're likely making from us, then technically, we don't actually work for them. They aren't actually our boss, even if you're kinky and kinda like the idea.
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If DEI is the reason you're not trusting Google then your brain is more rotten than anyone could describe.
ads (Score:4, Insightful)
Ok Gemini, block all ads.
I'm sorry Dave... (Score:2)
> Ok Gemini, block all ads.
... you know the rest 8-P
Firefox (Score:5, Interesting)
Yet another reason to go to Firefox. Sheesh.
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Firefox has AI integration too, Mozilla is spending a lot of their Google gravy train money on AI research.
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I see that [1]Lynx [invisible-island.net] is still around.
[1] https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
The Internet Company Dream Coming True (Score:2)
> "In the future, Gemini will be able to work across multiple tabs and navigate websites on your behalf."
In a world where clicks = revenue, having AI generate clicks on our behalf, whether we want it to or not, is the internet company fantasy come to life. AI will be "navigating" the web "for us" constantly, clicking faster than any human could ever dream, jumping links, site to site, generating ad revenue for its master, creating amazing statistics for the executives, while yet another level of trust in the web is eroded away and it becomes even less information and more invasive and stupid.
Fuck off, Google.
Jesus, people (Score:2)
Swear to god if I saw an ad for a colostomy bag with an LLM prompt it would not surprise me. The last thing I do need is another fucking text box wired up to a mouth in a vat.
I really hope 2025 is "peak ai", but I fear it isn't. We haven't had an NFT moment yet - some derivative product that's such an obviously stupid scam that even credulous morons caught up in a greed frenzy start to see it.
Time to start writing a chaffbot for this nonsense. If OpenMicroGoog want more content to surveil, wiring them u
The AI google search results are terrible (Score:2)
n/t
If Gemini were any good ... (Score:3)
If Gemini were any good, I wouldn't complain so much. But it's less than useless as an AI assistant. I get more coherent search results calling my elderly mother when she's on morphine.
In a list that spanned dozens of pages ... (Score:2)
You misspelled 'spammed'.
Can it be turned off? (Score:5, Insightful)
Or am I switching to another browser? Any other browser, except Edge?
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I cannot imagine the Vivaldi people will not include an option to tun this off or maybe will not even include it. Pretty good (chromium) browser though.
Re: Can it be turned off? (Score:2)
I was thinking the same thing. The real problems will come when you can't turn it off.
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I assume you're trolling because the obvious answer is Brave, not Edge aka Bing Hell.