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[–] f1error@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I don't believe evil Google. Not one bit. Google thrives on data, not privacy.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is really interesting work!

I feel like the commenters here simply did not read the article. This is a model provided for download to run locally. There is no way for Google to collect data here...

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Now this one looks a comment that has never dealt with canary traps for sure.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

they're weights. this isn't even a pickle. there is nothing malicious in there

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 0 points 4 hours ago

Perfect analogy: how long does it take to pickle a cucumber?

[–] Phytobus@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

There's also Mistral and Lumo as a non-google private alternative.

[–] xep@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's pretty rich that Google persists in putting on the charade of caring about privacy.