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  1. sssilver · · focus · HN ↗
    If anyone's wondering how this works, it looks like[1] Gemini + guardrails:

    > Google is proud to be named a technology partner in this vital initiative, leveraging Gemini to help more than 100 million people access critical public resources with greater speed and ease

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.google&#x2F;company-news&#x2F;outreach-and-initiatives&#x2F;public-policy&#x2F;america-gov-google-public-sector&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.google&#x2F;company-news&#x2F;outreach-and-initiatives&#x2F;pu...

    1. hbcondo714 · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; Your personal information isn’t collected or stored, and your conversation disappears when you leave.

      I am left to wonder how this is technically accomplished. Is inference running in the browser? Is the model downloaded to the user’s machine?

      1. zahlman · · focus · HN ↗
        I don&#x27;t think an HTTP header would normally be considered &quot;personal information&quot;, so I don&#x27;t see why you imagine there would be a technical limitation here.
        1. pizzafeelsright · · focus · HN ↗
          Personal information is not clearly defined so it can mean anything. My guess is the search request is not directly linked to a specific user but a session to which that session is linked to a user so there isn&#x27;t an identifiable person making a search without some backend data matching.
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