A Secret AI Download, a Friendliness Trade-Off, and a Power Grid Under Strain. Your Wednesday Briefing

Three stories you need to know today: Google Chrome is silently installing a 4GB AI model on your device and putting it back if you delete it. Oxford researchers proved in Nature that warmer AI chatbots are less accurate — especially when users are emotionally vulnerable. And a new bill wants to pause AI data center construction as electricity costs ripple into American homes.

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