Google Chrome is getting an AI feature that automatically creates tab groups, a writing assistant, theme creator and organizer.
The Tab Organizer will suggest ways to classify open tabs and create groups based on topics. The text assistant will help users draft text including Google reviews or social media posts by suggesting options for continuing the text or finishing sentences.
Google Chrome is getting an AI feature that automatically creates tab groups, a writing assistant, theme creator and organizer. The Tab Organizer will suggest ways to classify open tabs and create groups based on topics. The text assistant will help users draft text including Google reviews or social media posts by suggesting options for continuing the text or finishing sentences.
Google Chrome is getting an infusion of AI technology in the latest release.
The built-in writing helper in Chrome suggests users could write business reviews or make a more formal inquiry about a vacation rental among other things.
Chrome's Tab Groups feature allows users who keep many tabs open to manage them by organizing them into groups. However, curating them can be a manual process and the new Tab Organizer will automatically suggest and create groups based on the tabs you already have open.
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The article is somewhat deceiving because it exaggerates the features and benefits of Google Chrome's AI technology. For example, the title claims that Chrome gains three new AI-powered features, but in reality there are only two: a writing helper and a tab organizer. The third feature, an AI theme creator, is actually based on Android 14 and Pixel devices' generative AI wallpaper experience. This implies that Google Chrome has developed its own independent AI technology when it fact it relies on another platform's features. Additionally, the article does not provide any evidence or sources for the claims made about how these features will improve users' web browsing experience, such as by suggesting names and emojis for tab groups or helping with online shopping and research tasks. The article also uses emotive language like
, 'Google Chrome is adding a trio of new AI-powered features to its web browser that will help users write, organize, and customize their tabs.'
'The writing helper feature allows users to get help drafting things like emails in different tones or lengths by right-clicking on a text box and choosing 'Help me write'.'
'The tab organizer feature automatically suggests and creates groups of similar tabs based on the ones already open by right-clicking on a tab and selecting 'Organize Similar Tabs'.'
'The AI theme creator feature generates custom themes for Chrome based on subject, mood, visual style, or color by opening the 'Customize Chrome' side panel and clicking 'Change theme', then choosing the new option.'
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Google's AI features are similar to the experimental AI search experience SGE without providing any evidence or explanation of how they work. Additionally, the author makes a false dilemma by suggesting that users can only choose between using the built-in writing helper or not using it at all, when in fact there may be other options available. The article also contains inflammatory rhetoric by stating that
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Google Chrome has AI features that could potentially compromise its objectivity and impartiality. The article mentions Google's ownership of the browser, which raises concerns about conflicts of interest on topics related to the company.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Google Chrome as they are reporting for TechCrunch which is owned by AOL Time Warner. This company may have financial ties to Google and therefore could be influenced in their coverage.
Google's Chrome browser is incorporating AI to improve user experience.
, Google has launched a new Tab Organizer feature that groups similar tabs together automatically.
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The built-in writing helper in Chrome suggests users could write business reviews or make a more formal inquiry about a vacation rental among other things.
Google says that Chrome will be updated with more AI and ML features in the coming year, including through integrations with its new AI model, Gemini.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article implies that Google is using AI to organize and customize your Chrome browser when in fact it only mentions three new features that tap into its models. Secondly, the author states that these features are just 'the beginning of the AI browser takeover' which is not supported by any evidence presented in this article. Thirdly, the author uses sensationalism to make readers believe that Google is late to the party when Microsoft has been bundling similar AI features into Edge for a year now.
The author states 'these are just the beginning of the AI browser takeover' which is not supported by any evidence presented in this article
The title implies that Google is using AI to organize and customize your Chrome browser but only mentions three new features
The author uses sensationalism to make readers believe that Google is late to the party when Microsoft has been bundling similar AI features into Edge for a year now
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The article discusses how Google is using AI to organize and customize the Chrome browser. The author provides examples of two new features that use AI: Tab Organizer and a theme store upgrade. The Tab Organizer feature automatically groups similar tabs together based on user behavior, while the theme store upgrade uses an image-to-text model to generate themes for users. Additionally, Google plans to integrate its Gemini model into Chrome's Help Me Write feature, which will allow users to generate first drafts of text. The article also mentions that Microsoft and smaller players have been integrating AI features into their browsers as well.
The Tab Organizer feature automatically groups similar tabs together based on user behavior.
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The article discusses how Google is using AI to organize and customize the Chrome browser. The author mentions that this is a big step for Google and that it's just the beginning of an AI takeover in browsers. They also mention Microsoft has been doing similar things with Edge, smaller players like Arc and Opera are doing their own integrations, chatbots may be hot new AI app right now but browsers are a place where developers can integrate and access practically everything.
Chrome’s tab groups are an underrated feature in general — they’re a helpful way to keep your stuff in order, but they do take some work to set up. This just makes it all automatic.
Google is rolling out a couple of features that tap into its models in order to hopefully make your browser a little more pleasant to use. They're launching today in an experimental mode (you can go to settings and turn on “Experimental AI” to get them), and Google says they're just the beginning of the AI browser takeover.
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David Pierce has a conflict of interest with Google as he is an employee of The Verge which is owned by Vox Media. This could compromise his ability to report on the topic objectively and impartially.
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David Pierce has conflicts of interest on the topics of Google and Chrome browser. He is an employee at The Verge which is owned by Vox Media, a company that receives funding from companies such as Google.
The Tab Organizer feature will suggest ways to classify open tabs and create groups based on topics.
Chrome's text assistant will help users draft text, including Google reviews or social media posts by suggesting options for continuing the text or finishing sentences.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article suggests that Google's next Chrome update will add three new generative AI features to make it easier for users to use. However, this is not entirely accurate as only two out of the three mentioned features are actually new and have been previously announced by Google.
The Tab Organizer feature has already been introduced in previous versions of Chrome.
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The article contains several examples of informal fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Google's new features will make the browser easier to use without providing any evidence or data to support this claim. Additionally, the author makes a false dilemma when they state that Chrome dominates the US market share and Bing is usually lumped into the 'others' category, implying that there are only two options for browsers in America.
The new additions will include a tab organizer, a writing assistant that helps draft text and the option to customize the artwork and themes throughout the browser.
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The article is biased towards Google's new AI features in Chrome. The author uses language that portrays the features as being helpful and practical for users, while also making it seem like they are a direct competitor to Microsoft's Bing engine. Additionally, the author mentions that Chrome dominates the US browser market share by a wide margin.
The Tab Organizer will do pretty much what it says: The built-in AI will automatically suggest ways to classify any open tabs in your Chrome windows and suggest the option to create groups. This might be helpful if you have a lot of recurring tabs open.
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Malak Saleh has a conflict of interest with Google as they are the company that owns Chrome M121 and generative AI features. Additionally, Malak Saleh may have personal relationships or professional affiliations with Microsoft Bing engine or Firefox Opera which could also compromise their objectivity.
Malak Saleh is an employee of Engadget, a website owned by Vox Media. Vox Media has financial ties to Google as they are one of the company's largest advertisers.
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Malak Saleh has a conflict of interest on the topics of Google and Chrome M121 as they are products created by her employer. Additionally, she may have a financial stake in the success of these products.
Tab Organizer will automatically suggest and create tab groups based on your open tabs.
The same text-to-image diffusion model that powers generative AI wallpapers is coming to Chrome to let you create custom themes for the New Tab Page based on a subject, mood, visual style, and color. You will get six suggested options and the ability to see your recent creations.
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The built-in writing helper in Chrome suggests users could write business reviews or make a more formal inquiry about a vacation rental among other things.
Chrome's Tab Groups feature allows users who keep many tabs open to manage them by organizing them into groups. However, curating them can be a manual process and the new Tab Organizer will automatically suggest and create groups based on the tabs you already have open.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Chrome 121 has 'experimental' generative AI features when it only has two new features: Tab Organizer and a theme maker. Secondly, the author states that Tab Organizer will automatically suggest and create tab groups based on your open tabs but fails to mention that you have to manually accept the suggested tab group name. Thirdly, the article claims that Chrome is adding 'help me write' functionality when it only adds this feature for text fields in version 122. Lastly, the author states that these features are early public experiments and will be disabled for enterprise and educational accounts but fails to mention if they will ever be enabled again.
The author states that Tab Organizer will automatically suggest and create tab groups based on your open tabs but fails to mention that you have to manually accept the suggested tab group name.
The author states that these features are early public experiments and will be disabled for enterprise and educational accounts but fails to mention if they will ever be enabled again.
The article claims that Chrome 121 has 'experimental' generative AI features when it only has two new features: Tab Organizer and a theme maker.
The article claims that Chrome is adding 'help me write' functionality when it only adds this feature for text fields in version 122.
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The article contains two fallacies: Appeals to Authority and Inflammatory Rhetoric. The author claims that the new features in Chrome are 'experimental' without providing any evidence or context for this claim. This is an appeal to authority as it assumes that because Google says something, it must be true. Additionally, the article uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that these features will help users browse even easier and faster with no mention of how they do so.
Google is rolling out Chrome 121 today with “experimental” generative AI features like “Tab Organizer” and a theme maker.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Chrome as they work for Google which is mentioned in the article.
Chrome now has an AI feature that automatically creates tab groups.
, Chrome's new AI chatbot for input boxes will be out in next month.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article suggests that Chrome will automatically organize tab groups for users without any effort on their part. However, this is not entirely true as users can still right-click on tabs and hit 'organize' to group them manually.
The article states that Google has created a new AI feature in Chrome 121 which will automatically organize similar tabs by scanning the tab bar. However, this is not entirely true as users can still right-click on tabs and hit 'organize' to group them manually.
Google calls all of these AI features experimental, but they are being marketed as a solution for messy tab bars.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by stating that Google is implementing the new AI feature in Chrome. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when they describe the tab bar as being unsalvageable and a waste of time for users with many tabs open.
Google calls all of these AI features experimental
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The author of the article has a conflict of interest with Google and AI as they are mentioned in multiple topics. The topic 'Google' is also directly linked to the author's name.
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of AI feature in Chrome as they are affiliated with Google which developed the AI feature.
