Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI

Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI

November 9, 2024 at 04:47PM

Google is updating Chrome’s Enhanced protection to be powered by AI, improving real-time defenses against harmful sites and downloads. Additionally, features like Group tabs and Close unused tabs are being rebranded and enhanced with AI capabilities. These changes are currently being tested in Chrome Canary, with no release date announced.

### Meeting Takeaways

1. **Enhanced Protection Update**:
– Google has updated Chrome’s “Enhanced Protection” feature to confirm that it will be powered by AI in a future release.
– The feature aims to provide real-time protection against dangerous sites, downloads, and extensions using AI algorithms.

2. **Terminology Change**:
– The term has shifted from “proactive protection” to “AI-powered protection,” indicating a more advanced detection capability.
– AI may allow the detection of potentially harmful sites that haven’t been pre-identified by Google.

3. **Functionality of Enhanced Protection**:
– With Enhanced protection enabled, Chrome conducts deeper scans on downloads and bolsters protection across Google services when users are signed in.

4. **Group Tabs Feature Enhancement**:
– The Tab search feature in Chrome Canary has been updated from “Group tabs” to “Group tabs with AI,” which will help in automatically organizing tabs.
– The previous label “Check for suggestions” has been removed in favor of AI-based organization.

5. **Inactive Tabs Review**:
– The “Close unused tabs” option has been renamed to “Review inactive tabs,” allowing users to review tabs that haven’t been accessed for 7 days or more before deciding to close them.

6. **Testing Phase**:
– These AI branding changes are currently being tested in Chrome Canary, with no specified timeline for when they will be available to all users.

### Action Items
– Monitor further updates and testing phases related to these new AI features.
– Prepare communication for users regarding the upcoming changes in Chrome’s functionality and protection features once more details are available.

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