Google Chrome Tests AI-Powered PermissionsAI to Reduce Intrusive Pop-Ups

Despise internet pop-ups? Google Chrome is testing an AI-powered feature to help end these

PermissionsAI could reduce intrusive pop-ups by analyzing user behavior. Google's Chrome browser is testing a new feature dubbed PermissionsAI, which is designed to make those pesky pop-ups asking for access to your location or permission to send notifications much quieter. The tool uses Google's "Permission Predictions Service" and Gemini Nano v2 to guess whether users are likely to grant a website's request. If the answer is probably no, the feature tucks the request into a less intrusive UI instead of flashing it front and center like it currently does. The idea is for Chrome to use AI to make browsing more pleasant by quietly handling the minor annoyances that can pile up when online. PermissionsAI analyzes your previous interactions with similar requests to predict your response. If you're the kind of person who reflexively denies every notification pop-up, PermissionsAI won't even bother you with a loud, in-your-face request. Instead, it quietly logs the request in a subtle UI where you can engage with it later. PermissionsAI is currently being tested in Chrome Canary - the experimental version of the browser - and isn't available to the public yet. It pairs well with the Safe Browsing security tool, which shields users from harmful websites and malicious downloads, meaning a wrong guess won't wreak havoc on your computer. This marks the latest move by Google to embed AI in Chrome. Gemini is now part of many of the browser's features, with the AI organizing open tabs, offering product comparisons, and helping to compose text. PermissionsAI, though, is less flashy than other features and may turn out to be one of the more appreciated improvements simply because it removes a common irritation. While the concept is straightforward, the details of how PermissionsAI works remain vague. Google hasn't disclosed exactly how its AI calculates the likelihood of you clicking "Allow" versus "Deny," but it's safe to assume the system leans heavily on machine learning. By studying patterns in user behavior, Chrome could cut down on interruptions and make life a little easier for web developers who hear complaints about their pop-ups annoying people. It's worth asking whether PermissionsAI and other Gemini-powered features will strike the right balance between helpful and intrusive. While reducing the noise of pop-ups is universally appealing, AI-powered predictions aren't infallible. What happens if PermissionsAI incorrectly predicts that you wouldn't want to approve a request and you miss an important pop-up entirely? Still, if PermissionsAI can reliably filter out the noise while giving users control over important decisions, it could become one of Chrome's most welcome features yet.

Google is testing a feature that will let AI hide away internet pop-ups

Google is testing a new feature in Chrome Canary, the experimental version of the Chrome browser. As reported by TechRadar, the "PermissionsAI" feature is designed to deal with pop-ups from websites asking you to share your location or consent to notifications. According to Chromium, the tool will use Google's "Permission Predictions Service" and Gemini Nano v2 to analyze users' previous responses to pop-ups and guess how they will respond to new ones. If you're likely to decline, the feature will block the annoying pop-up that appears in the middle of your screen and instead hide it away in a corner in case you need it later. Recommended Videos As with all AI-powered features, accuracy is everything. In a perfect situation, it certainly would be useful to avoid website pop-ups -- especially on mobile where the banners take up half of the screen. On the other hand, if it accidentally hides away important pop-ups and you miss them, it will cause more trouble than it's worth. It seems the tool will only make a move if it decides you're likely to deny a request -- which, on the bright side, means you won't have an AI accidentally agreeing to notifications on your behalf -- but it also means you're left to deal with other pop-ups as normal. The problem with this is that pop-ups are still annoying even when you're saying yes to them. They're too big, too noisy, and too distracting in just about every situation. It would probably be more useful if Google moved them to a smaller, less intrusive UI even when it thinks you'll say yes. As long as they're kept in the same place every time, we'll know exactly where to look to check for popups and exactly where to go if we realize we need to turn on location sharing. As for notifications, I doubt people change their minds about those very often anyway. Since the feature is just being tested right now, it's not available to the public yet and we're not sure when this will change. Hopefully, the company will take all the time it needs to get the feature ready before releasing it.

Annoying browser pop-ups could become a thing of the past thanks to Google's new AI

I remember the olden days when the internet was absolutely overwhelmed with pop-up ads that were near-impossible to get rid of. The problem of pop-up advertising has gotten significantly better over the last 20 years, thanks to pop-up blockers, but it still feels like we're inundated with pop-up messages across the internet. So what's the answer? According to Google, AI might be able to lend a hand (via TechRadar). Google Chrome is now testing a new feature called "PermissionsAI", which is designed to handle all the annoying pop-ups asking you questions. You know the ones I mean, the gray boxes that want to know your location, or are asking to pretty-please agree to receive notifications. You usually refuse permission, but you physically have to take action to get rid of the blasted things. PermissionsAI uses Google's "Permissions Predictions Service", which is a part of Gemini Nano v2. With the help of AI, this allows Chrome to predict whether you're likely to click yes or no to a specific pop-up. If it thinks you're going to say no, and it's far more likely that you will, then the pop-up gets hidden away with a "less intrusive UI". Less intrusive meaning that you can go and interact with this request later if you wish, but without it being shoved in your face all the time. And the more you say no, the less likely it is that you'll ever end up seeing one of these requests without actively looking for it. It is pretty ironic that Google is saving you from being bombarded with pop-ups by bombarding your system with even more AI. I've been pretty vocal about my dislike for AI, and the fact it's being stuffed into our devices without offering anything particularly engaging. But if the likes of Google can keep using AI for things like this, and stop us getting swarmed by pop-ups -- whether they're pop-up ads or permissions notices -- then I am all for it. The downside is that PermissionsAI is not available on the public Chrome browser right now. It's only available in Chrome Canary, which is where Google tests all its latest experimental features. Here's just hoping that it doesn't get canned somewhere along the testing cycle, and eventually does make it to Chrome proper. The sooner, the better, in my opinion.

Google Testing AI Feature to Keep Pop-Ups Under Control on Chrome

Google is testing an AI-powered feature for Chrome that makes managing website permissions less annoying. According to Windows Report, "PermissionsAI" will analyze user behavior to determine how likely they are to grant location, camera, microphone, or any other kind of access to a particular website. If the AI detects a low chance of approval, "PermissionsAI shows the request in a quieter way instead of a pop-up," Windows Report notes. To make its predictions, PermissionsAI relies on Google's "Permission Predictions Service" and Gemini Nano v2. It only works when users have enabled "Safe Browsing," a security feature that warns them of intrusive ads and malware, phishing, and other cyberattacks. The feature hasn't officially launched; Windows Report spotted it in Chrome Canary, an experimental, early-release version of Chrome that developers use to test new features. The description above the change log for PermissionsAI describes the feature as the "Quiet Permission Chip Experiment," which uses a "quiet chip instead of the right-hand side address bar icon for quiet permission prompts." In addition to PermissionsAI, Google is reportedly testing an AI agent for Chrome that can automate regular web-based tasks like researching topics, shopping online, or booking tickets. The AI agent, codenamed Project Jarvis, takes frequent screenshots of user activity to learn about their behavior and analyzes those images before taking action on a request.