Security News > 2025 > May > Google Rolls Out On-Device AI Protections to Detect Scams in Chrome and Android
2025-05-09 07:13
Google on Thursday announced it's rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered countermeasures to combat scams across Chrome, Search, and Android. The tech giant said it will begin using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), to improve Safe Browsing in Chrome 137 on desktops. "The on-device approach provides instant insight on risky websites and allows us to offer
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