Google Chrome’s New AI Is Here to Make Your Browsing Safer and Smarter

Tech giant Google just silently updated one of Chrome’s security features called Enhanced Protection. This will now be powered by AI technology and will arrive in a future update.

For now, it’s not too clear what has altered. However, from what was mentioned by one researcher Leopeva64 on the X app, Google is making the change to the Chrome Safe Browsing feature. Soon, we’ll see it powered with AI to give greater protection in real-time. This means saying hello to enhanced security against dangers online and also keeping downloads and extensions safe.

In the past, we used to see the feature be better known as a more proactive protection. It’s not altered to include AI to better protect and warn others about dangers linked to harmful platforms. This is the case even for those places that the Chrome browser failed to identify in the past.

With this new enhanced protection switched on, Chrome would like to take part in scanning on a deeper level with more downloads and better protection across all of Google’s services when users sign in. However, this might involve increased data collection from users' browsing activity, as Chrome deepens its scanning efforts.

In other news, Chrome’s Enhanced Protection is not the only feature getting the AI makeover across Chrome. As shown by Leo, Tabs on Chrome Canary will also get a revamp. Before, they would arrive with suggestions to ‘Check for Suggestions’. Now, it’s going to be called Group Tabs with AI which assists in organizing tabs with AI to ensure they’re better sorted.

The name and description of the "Group tabs" and "Close unused tabs" sections of Chrome's Tab search bubble have been updated in Canary, they are now "Group tabs with AI" and "Review inactive tabs" respectively:https://t.co/GQNVPRDUkF
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— Leopeva64 (@Leopeva64) November 8, 2024

Meanwhile, another similar change is the Close Unused Tabs feature. It’s going to be called Review Inactive Tabs. Instead of just shutting down the tabs, the offering allows users to review them, in case they’re inactive for a week or more.

For now, the search engine giant is still in the testing phase for all of these AI branding changes on Chrome Canary. But we do hope to see this rolling out to anyone and everyone very soon.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World