It's not a very good small model to be honest.

That said, you might be surprised to learn that some of the models from 3b-9b could probably replace 80% of the things nonvibe coders use chatgpt for.

Its a good idea to run small models locally if your computer can host them for privacy and cash saving reasons. But how can you trust Google to autoinstall one on your machine in 2026? I just couldn't do it.

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imglorp 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sure, local models good and yes, there's no way we can trust Google.

We can be positive the entire motivation of Chrome is user behavior surveillance. There's not a nano-chance in all the multiverses that Chrome model is doing anything privately. They've gone to extraordinary length to accomplish this. It's not for free.

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reactordev 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It is entirely about user surveillance as well as pushing their product on to their users because they have the install base. Google Chrome has become Microsoft IE6 in hostile user behavior.

	▲	aftbit 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain. What did we expect when they dropped "don't be evil" from their company values?

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akoboldfrying 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't trust them either, but the same Google makes Gemma 4 available to run as locally and privately as you want, and those models are pretty amazing for their size.

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tsss an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Half of the reason to use local AI is to circumvent the censorship that Google, OpenAI and so on have. I don't want this Google crap on my computer.

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soco 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which is why I uninstalled Chrome a (short...) while ago and my life went on unbothered.