<![CDATA[By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features).]]>By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features).

Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/ or https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-get-floced/).

We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f1781db2-53a6-4e35-9270-a19cfbbde44b/by-now-you-ve-all-probably-heard-about-the-latest-shenanigans-from-google-and-their-love-for-in-browser-ai-features-if-you-don-t-this-is-the-story-https-www.theverge.com-tech-924933-google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features-.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:39:36 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 12:27:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:39:05 GMT]]>@dalias @lazza @Vivaldi

☝️ ☝️ ☝️ This!!!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/RantingCanuck/statuses/116529086158625234https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/RantingCanuck/statuses/116529086158625234Wed, 06 May 2026 18:39:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:27:28 GMT]]>@Vivaldi At least firefox is up-front about and gives you the option to outright disable it all at will.
The only one thing I keep enabled, is the website translation - that's it (doesn't rely on google).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rootbrian/statuses/116529040471980220https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rootbrian/statuses/116529040471980220Wed, 06 May 2026 18:27:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:24:21 GMT]]>@cholling @Vivaldi @HunterZ aren't you a delight to chat with. Unsubscribe please and thank you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116529028254137478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116529028254137478Wed, 06 May 2026 18:24:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:21:14 GMT]]>@pl @Vivaldi @HunterZ So slop code is fine but you draw the line at slop browsing?

I'd be really curious to see the security and maintainability nightmare of a browser you could vibe up with your AI chatbox.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/alxy6qf4yea2919ahttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/alxy6qf4yea2919aWed, 06 May 2026 18:21:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:14:10 GMT]]>@Cal @EricCarroll @Vivaldi

Their repackage of Chromium might be opaque, but at least they're upfront about their funding model: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528988162036059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528988162036059Wed, 06 May 2026 18:14:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:08:40 GMT]]>@Vivaldi Thank you for keeping it "simple".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116071341175759802/statuses/116528966547101557https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116071341175759802/statuses/116528966547101557Wed, 06 May 2026 18:08:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:07:44 GMT]]>@cynical13 I was just making sure you were aware of your options there.

I agree with your sentiment.

@Vivaldi

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/solitha/statuses/116528962902797327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/solitha/statuses/116528962902797327Wed, 06 May 2026 18:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:04:57 GMT]]>@kyu3a

In addition, say Vivaldi had a "Filter Gemni Google 'Ai Overview'" feature. a) would Vivaldi be smart enough to filter it on a possibly proxied google search and NOT say in an article about Google Ai Overview somewhere else? b) everytime the Google search page front end changes (which I bet is seven times/day) your browser has to update and Vivaldi already pushes numerous changes/week, just saying (keep doing it tho.)

2/2

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528951944249214https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528951944249214Wed, 06 May 2026 18:04:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:04:46 GMT]]>@kyu3a

Apart from everyone else pointing out this is a search engine problem not a browser problem, in general I wouldn't want my browser to carte-blance remove or filter (or in any way "interpret" my chosen web content. Its different when a plugin does this, because adding the plugin to your browser is an opt-in affair; and ux wise, when a plugin filters or alters content there's a way to notice or find out what it is doing (some kind of "splat").

1/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528951212922873https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116528951212922873Wed, 06 May 2026 18:04:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:00:34 GMT]]>@Vivaldi I actually highly encourage local Ai models that work fully offline for obvious reasons, but one thing is doing things openly and transparently and another is downloading 4GB model without telling user because you're Google and you "know better".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rejzor/statuses/116528934727690492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rejzor/statuses/116528934727690492Wed, 06 May 2026 18:00:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:59:31 GMT]]>@solitha @Vivaldi

Yes, I can.

But if the company is making a stand against AI like this, should I *have* to?...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/cynical13/statuses/116528930586753191https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/cynical13/statuses/116528930586753191Wed, 06 May 2026 17:59:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:58:08 GMT]]>@pl @cholling @Vivaldi Linux is the only meaningful competitor to Apple and Microsoft OSes, and it's a niche thing that is mostly used for servers rather than by end users. It's also now subsidized by corporations because they use it as infrastructure.

Browsers on the other hand are an end user thing, so the value proposition of trying to break Google's (and to a lesser extent) Apple's hegemony is much different - especially since Google is also propping up Mozilla to suck even more oxygen.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528925122622384https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528925122622384Wed, 06 May 2026 17:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:55:53 GMT]]>@cynical13 You can add it easily, or edit DDG to the noai version.

@Vivaldi

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/solitha/statuses/116528916324403829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/solitha/statuses/116528916324403829Wed, 06 May 2026 17:55:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:49:15 GMT]]>@cholling @Vivaldi @pl 💀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528890222773789https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528890222773789Wed, 06 May 2026 17:49:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:47:45 GMT]]>@cholling @Vivaldi @HunterZ I am suggesting that AI coding agents can help with the difficulty of creating and managing an independent engine, not that any AI features should be embedded in a browser

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528884342263882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528884342263882Wed, 06 May 2026 17:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:46:38 GMT]]>@Vivaldi And that's why I remain a happy Vivaldi user!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/JeanieBurrell/statuses/116528879904875310https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/JeanieBurrell/statuses/116528879904875310Wed, 06 May 2026 17:46:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:44:59 GMT]]>@pl @HunterZ @Vivaldi Are you seriously proposing using AI agents in a thread about keeping AI out of the browser?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/alxww3z6gh2m84ychttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/alxww3z6gh2m84ycWed, 06 May 2026 17:44:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:39:39 GMT]]>@HunterZ @cholling @Vivaldi I understand all that, but imagine if the OS sphere was entirely controlled by corporations.

Similarly, if it can be done for OSes, it can be done for rendering engines.

Plus with AI agents, there really should be more courageous ventures.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528852437350414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528852437350414Wed, 06 May 2026 17:39:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:25:28 GMT]]>@pl @cholling @Vivaldi there's a reason that only 3 browser engines exist today - it's a massive amount of work to keep with vulnerabilies and standards.

Unfortunately Apple and Google ones share a common code ancestor, while Google and Mozilla ones are both funded by Google.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528796678868671https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/HunterZ/statuses/116528796678868671Wed, 06 May 2026 17:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:07:06 GMT]]>@cholling @Vivaldi no, but in my defense I also don't author or monetize a browser

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528724460618886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116528724460618886Wed, 06 May 2026 17:07:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:02:08 GMT]]>@Vivaldi If a tool gives a clear advantage in any given field where people compete, any competitor would be well inspired to start using it regardless of his/her feeling toward said tool, or risk becoming irrelevant very quick.
As for a countries, regardless how you feel about atomic bombs, having it in your arsenal will prevent attacks from predator nations.
Indignation and verbal abuse will stop this. Making AI run independtly on user PC is a better and greener bet in my opinion.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116377281084471139/statuses/116528704962097397https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116377281084471139/statuses/116528704962097397Wed, 06 May 2026 17:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:11 GMT]]>@Vivaldi So say we all!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116187974147325352/statuses/116528689399526563https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116187974147325352/statuses/116528689399526563Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:34:50 GMT]]>@Cal @kyu3a @Vivaldi

I wonder if making the settings to "No AI ever" effectively does the same thing and redirects you (behind a load balancer) to the no ai version?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/gbsills/statuses/116528597588488515https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/gbsills/statuses/116528597588488515Wed, 06 May 2026 16:34:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features). on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:33:54 GMT]]>@EricCarroll @Vivaldi We have no way of objectively knowing.

Vivaldi repackages the free open-source Chromium project with their own proprietary blend of herbs and spices and doesn't let anyone see the exact changes they're making.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Cal/statuses/116528593911603064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Cal/statuses/116528593911603064Wed, 06 May 2026 16:33:54 GMT