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Chrome is adding `window.ai` – a Gemini Nano AI model right inside the browser

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229 points modinfo | 5 comments | 30 Jun 24 01:56 UTC | HN request time: 1.354s | source
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SeanAnderson ◴[30 Jun 24 02:20 UTC] No.40834703[source]▶
This doesn't seem useful unless it's something standardized across browsers. Otherwise I'd still need to use a plugin to support safari, etc.

It seems like it could be nice for something like a bookmarklet or a one-off script, but I don't think it'll really reduce friction in engaging with Gemini for serious web apps.

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1. firtoz ◴[30 Jun 24 02:35 UTC] No.40834754[source]▶
Browser extensions should be able to shim or even overwrite the `.ai` object in the window, so it should be possible to add ollama etc to all browsers through extensions with the same API, making it a defacto standard

It should be simple enough to do that I believe at least 3-5 people are going to be doing this if it's not done already

Hell, if nobody does it I will do it

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2. firtoz ◴[30 Jun 24 02:38 UTC] No.40834770[source]▶
Further notes:

I had been thinking and speaking in public about how to make a "Metamask but for AI instead of crypto" but I thought it would be impossible for websites to adopt it

Now thanks to Google it's possible to piggy back onto the API

I'm very happy about this

3. niutech ◴[30 Jun 24 08:40 UTC] No.40835895[source]▶
It's already done: https://windowai.io
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5. firtoz ◴[01 Jul 24 01:26 UTC] No.40841823[source]▶
There you go.