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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 | 1 comments | 30 Jun 24 01:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | 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. zmmmmm ◴[30 Jun 24 02:52 UTC] No.40834819[source]▶
By default, the W3C process actually requires multiple implementations before something is supposed to be standardised. So it is actually necessary that browser vendors ship vendor-specific implementations before the standards process can properly consider things like this.

If Mozilla jumps on board and makes a compatible implementation that back ends to eg: local llama then you would have the preconditions necessary for it to become standardised. As long as Google hasn't booby trapped it by making it somehow highly specific to chrome / google / Gemini etc.