Google Chrome Has Additional Machine Learning-Based Features To Overcome Phishing Attacks

Google actually already has a Safe Browsing feature in Chrome, (photo: doc. unsplash)

JAKARTA - Google has long used the machine learning model to offer a number of useful features in almost all of its products, including Chrome. Now, the company is again adding a new feature.

In its latest announcement, Google actually already has a Safe Browsing feature in Chrome, this is a machine learning based feature that shows a warning when a user tries to visit a malicious website or download a malicious file.

But now, Google added a new capability to identify 2.5 times more potentially malicious sites and phishing attacks than the previous model, making it an even more valuable tool for Chrome users.

Google also uses machine learning to determine when users might want to interact with notification permission requests. Chrome will use the on-device model to predict how someone will respond to a permission request.

If the user rejects it, the browser silences it. Predictions are based on how users have previously interacted with similar permission requests.

In addition, the company is also using machine learning to make Chrome's toolbar more dynamic, with tools changing in real time to anticipate user needs.

For example, if a user is in a situation where they might want to use the touchscreen to share a link, a share icon will be displayed in the toolbar.

Launching Engadget, Friday, June 10, if a user is more likely to use voice search on Chrome, the toolbar will highlight the voice search tool. The toolbar can still be adjusted manually.

For your information, Chrome already offers several machine learning-enabled features across all platforms. This includes features to make web images more accessible to the visually impaired and real-time captions on videos to help those with hearing impairments.