Mat Marquis on Google pulling the web standards equivalent of U2 album marketing:
As a Chrome user, you’ll have received Gemini Nano in the form of a 4GB transfer recently; no permission asked or required. If you remove it, Chrome will re-download it. For reasons I can only guess at, Gemini Nano is presumably now considered to be part of Chrome itself, despite being a standalone product that is included alongside but not integrated into the browser — the way a copy of Bonzi Buddy included in a browser update might be considered a part of said browser.
It’s not exactly new news, as we’ve had published explainers on it for over a year now, as well as an intent to prototype for just as long.
Mozilla has already voiced its concerns/opposition:
According to Chrome’s documentation, to use the prompt API you must ‘acknowledge’ Google’s Generative AI Prohibited Uses Policy. Elements of this policy go beyond law. For example:
