Chrome retracts on‑device AI privacy claim Chrome’s marketing page no longer says its on‑device AI never contacts Google servers. The change appeared on the product description in early May 2026. The edit was first no…

The removal coincides with growing scrutiny of AI features that promise local processing. Chrome had advertised that its on‑device model would keep user prompts and responses on the device. The new wording drops that …

Technical backdrop of on‑device AI in browsers Modern browsers embed lightweight language models to power autocomplete, code suggestions, and search assistance. These models run on the CPU or GPU of the host machine, …

Running models locally reduces latency and can lower bandwidth costs. It also aligns with a broader industry push to keep personal data out of remote data centers. However, the boundary between "local" and "cloud" is …