Google continues to demonstrate its interest in protecting users while using its Chrome browser. This time, after having used AI for other security functions, it is now testing a new tool that will make your experience safer. For now, it is being tested and could soon be available globally.
A few months ago we talked about how artificial intelligence was giving Chrome a makeover to make the browser more secure and to warn you about risks. At that time, what it did was to equip the Enhanced Protection feature with AI. Now, artificial intelligence is expanding through a new feature that, in English, appears called “Client Side Detection Brand and Intent for Scam Detection”.
Fighting against scams
Online scams are the order of the day and Google knows that it has a great responsibility for the global presence of Chrome, which is the most used browser on the planet. For now, this function is being tested in Chrome Canary and uses LLM technology so that the browser analyzes web pages constantly and in real time. At least, that is what specialists think, since, for now, there is not much information from Google. It is assumed that what this system does is analyze the purpose of each website in order to discover what its objective is. That is, if the website in question has a hidden bad purpose, Chrome will be able to find out.
What we do know is that this new Chrome feature works on Windows computers, Linux computers, and Mac computers. It's too early to tell how this system works, but it seems that Chrome will send some kind of signal or notification to users to let them know they're being exposed to a scam.
It will help to avoid many problems
Aside from what we've already told you, this new LLM-powered feature appears to be part of the same set of options as the Enhanced Protection system. With it, we'll be protected in a wide range of situations. One of the examples circulating on the web is practical and easy to understand. For example, if we're looking for a solution to a problem with Windows, we might end up on a support portal that tries to copy what Microsoft's real one offers. At first glance, it would be hard to tell that it's not an official website, since we'd have entered it based on a Google result. But with Chrome's new technology, we'd receive a warning that would inform us of the risk we'd be facing by entering the website. It's possible that the notification would even tell us that the website in question is trying to take the place of a particular page, which would help a lot in solving problems.
To detect these potential scams, Chrome will analyze the content of the page, the language used, and the various elements available on it. This technology will also be able to detect elements that are normally linked to online scams, such as urgent notices that are published to try to trick users into falling into the traps. It will also be able to detect domains that are suspicious or that have already been the subject of alerts in other cases.
In an effort to avoid potential problems, Chrome will display these notifications and mention that you should not share information or personal data that could be dangerous. Chrome's intention, by all means, is to reduce the volume of scams suffered when browsing online. And it seems that, thanks to AI, they could achieve their goal. For now, it seems that this will be a very interesting technology.