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Comment by hoppyhoppy2

12 hours ago

There was a point in time when a spellchecker was not a standard function of a text program, and a spellcheck dictionary would have been considered a large file to include with that kind of software.

I'm not a fan of Google's actions here, but I do think it's possible that at some future time we'll say, "but a local AI model is a standard function of a web browser."

> at some future time we'll say, "but a local AI model is a standard function of a web browser.

And before that point ask the user for consent.

It’s not that hard.

If you make a sudden big change, ask for consent.