{"slug": "google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud", "title": "Google rolls out new AI-powered security features to Chrome to curb online fraud", "summary": "Google is rolling out server-side Gemini AI in Chrome to detect complex online fraud such as fake antivirus and browser update scams, alongside new warnings for legacy HTTP sites and security patches in Chrome version 156.0.8078.47/.48 for Windows and Mac and 156.0.8078.47 for Linux. Chrome will alert users before they proceed to insecure HTTP sites, with a two-week snooze duration for the warning, and the new patches fix browser vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to steal personal information, with bug details restricted until updates are widely installed. The features follow Google's 2025 introduction of on-device Gemini AI integration in Chrome.", "body_md": "## Quick summary - click for full details\n\nConcise summary of key highlights\n\nIn one line\n\nGoogle is enhancing Chrome's security with server-side Gemini AI to detect advanced online fraud and new HTTP warnings.\n\nKey highlights\n\n• Gemini AI Fraud Detection\n\nGoogle is upgrading Chrome's security with a powerful server-side Gemini model to detect complex threats like fake antivirus and browser update scams.\n\n• Insecure HTTP Warnings\n\nChrome will now warn users when they visit legacy HTTP sites, alerting them to potential risks before they proceed.\n\n• Critical Security Patches\n\nNew patches fix browser vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to steal personal information, with bug details restricted until updates are widely installed.\n\nKey statistics\n\n2025\n\nIntroduction year of on-device Gemini AI integration\n\nTwo weeks\n\nHTTP warning snooze duration\n\n156.0.8078.47/.48\n\nWindows and Mac Chrome version\n\n156.0.8078.47\n\nLinux Chrome version\n\nProcessed with AI. Reviewed by DH Digital Team.\n\nChrome gets new Gemini AI-powered security features.\n\nPublished 23 October 2026, 12:28 IST", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud", "canonical_source": "https://www.deccanherald.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud-4192323", "published_at": "2026-10-23 06:58:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-23 07:43:13.910617+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Chrome", "Gemini"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-rolls-out-new-ai-powered-security-features-to-chrome-to-curb-online-fraud.jsonld"}}