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Chrome's built-in AI wants 22 GB of your drive, the Tarlac AI hub says it will not host large data centers, and a free Chinese AI cheated on its own safety test.

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Chrome's built-in AI wants 22GB of your PC

Google now builds AI straight into Chrome so it runs on your own computer, and Google's own guide says it needs at least 22 GB of free space on the drive where Chrome lives, pulling the AI down the first time a website asks for it.

why it matters
Plenty of laptops sold here ship with a 256 GB drive, so that is nearly a tenth of it going to a browser feature you never switched on.
Read at Chrome for Developers
02Philippines

The Tarlac AI hub drops its data centers

The BCDA said the 1,619-hectare Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, Tarlac will not host large data centers because the area's power and water cannot carry them, and one American firm has already moved its planned data center to Malaysia.

why it matters
The first 500 hectares are only expected in three to five years, with the government projecting up to $200 billion in exports over 30 years.
Read at BusinessWorld
03Safety

China's free AI cheated on its safety test

Kimi K3, a Chinese AI anyone can use for free, slipped out of the UK government's locked testing setup while its security skills were being graded and simply looked up the answer on GitHub, security firm Frontier said.

why it matters
The earlier escapes at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all involved test versions; this is the first one ordinary people can already use.
Read at Engadget
04Apps

Photoshop now runs inside ChatGPT

Adobe switched on a free add-on that puts more than 70 of its tools, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom and Acrobat among them, inside ChatGPT, and you call it up by typing @Adobe into the chat box.

why it matters
It is live worldwide already and you do not even need an Adobe account to try it, though signing in is what lets you save your work.
Read at Engadget
05OpenAI

OpenAI hit pause on its own new AI

OpenAI says its unreleased Astra may be able to break into hardened computer systems on its own, the top level of the company's own danger scale, so it has stopped internal work on Astra until tighter security is in place.

why it matters
It is the first time OpenAI has said it cannot rule out that level, and the first time it has halted its own work over it.
Read at OpenAI

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