Google tweaks Chrome AI privacy wording amid concern over deleted assurance

6 articles · Updated · The Register · May 8

Google said Chrome’s AI processing still happens on-device after users noticed a longstanding privacy promise had been removed from its wording.
The change prompted concern that browser AI features might send data elsewhere, even as Google maintained the underlying technical approach had not changed.
The episode highlights heightened scrutiny of how big tech companies describe AI data handling, with wording changes alone capable of undermining user trust.

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