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If AI object/scene recognition is done locally, wouldn't it increase the memory footprint of the browser process. Also how many objects can it identify if its run on a modest 4-8 GB RAM system? One more question is would they ever introduce anonymised telemetry for these generations?
The state of the art for small models is improving quite dramatically quite quickly. Microsoft just released the phi-3 model family under the MIT license, I haven't played with them myself yet but the comments are very positive.
Alternately, just turn that feature off.
If it works anything like Firefox Translations does, the model is only downloaded on-demand, so it wouldn't affect your browser usage if you don't use the feature.