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Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy

… Google has not publicly responded in detail to Hanff's findings at the time of writing, and the company may argue that these downloads are tied to legitimate product features and improve privacy by keeping AI processing local. Even so, the core question remains unresolved. …

May 6, 2026 · Zak Killian
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AI is starting to out-design chip engineers in narrow areas as LLMs accelerate software chip design tool development — "There is still a lot of human guidance" says Berkley researcher

… Logic synthesis, once considered too abstract to automate, is handled by for loops and conditionals. “EDA has always been a type of AI, because it automated what people did,” Markov said. “We are just moving along the straight line, and there's no stopping.” For now, AI is acting as a force multipl… …

May 22, 2026 · Chris Stokel-Walker