by ed_mercer
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- > We’re also bringing the creative power of Nano Banana directly into Chrome, allowing you to transform images on the fly without needing to download and re-upload images or open another tab.
Are there really people who are like "Man, if only I could this straight in Chrome" ? Is this something worth bloating a browser (further) with?
- Only PMs at Google need this. They still don't get how AI is used...
- This is a big deal, the highlight is Chrome autobrowse. Goes head-to-head with OpenAI Atlas.
by hackyhacky
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- Serious question, not snark: Does anyone actually want this? I honestly can't imagine a use for these features even among people tech savvy enough to understand them.
- Am I being too cynical, or does anyone else envision a future where you ask Chrome to buy you something, anything, online and instead of it actually buying you the “best” item, you end up with items it “prefers” where Google make money from suggestions and/or completion of sale?
I know it calls out that there’ll need to be user confirmation before the final purchase, but if you’re already not expending the effort to find the product or service yourself, are you really going to sit and research what it’s given you? If you are, then what’s the point of using the agent?
Just seems like the next evolution in Google’s ad revenue generation.
by testycool
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- I do hope we get vertical tabs before that, though.
- https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-a...
I think the vision here is for your browser agent to spend money with google's partners on pointless consumer slop while you sleep.
- I was trying to use Gemini connected apps with YouTube to get details about my channels performance. It could not do it, I instead had to settle for what it could see publicly on my channel.
- > [..] the "creative power" of Nano Banana [..]
This “creative power” is used everywhere to produce fake news and spread lies...
- All I ever wanted my entire life. I feel whole again. Thank you Googool
by omnifischer
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- I wish this executive (author of that post) https://xcancel.com/laparisa?lang=en will show their browser in REAL LIFE everyday use. Really do they use it?
- One more reason not to use chrome. I don't want this AI bloat. And for sure I don't want to redirect my personal website content through googles privacy sucking data pipelines.
What I just discovered: The good old google search without AI bloat but with privacy via https://www.startpage.com. Highly recommended!
- I must be using web browsers completely wrong. Like browsing a page isn't a problem for me. I can do it at the speed of my needs.
I'm having a hard time understanding why I will tell gemini to create an account on some website for me or send an email. Those are usually just a tab away. That's why I feel like I'm missing something here.
- Not yet in Linux?
by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs
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- Gee thanks, now I have a big Ask Google buttong in the url bar but only on Youtube for some reason, how can I disable it? Could not figure how to disable like the others.
- Allowing anyone to edit someone else's images from the browser with an AI model is deeply evil stuff.
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