Chrome will use Google's AI to warn you about scam websites

Google is giving Chrome new tools to spot scam websites and to warn you when you copy a dangerous command from a fake page. The catch: they are part of Enhanced Protection, a Safe Browsing setting that is not the default.

What changed

Chrome will add a "suspicious site" warning. It is for pages that show deceptive patterns but are not certain enough to trigger the existing full-page red warning. Google says this lets it show more protective warnings.

Chrome also uses Google's Gemini AI to judge pages. It looks at the brand a page claims to be, what the page wants, and how likely it is a scam. Safe Browsing then adds domain reputation and other signals. Google says page text is analyzed only when a site shows high-confidence scam signs, and is never logged, kept or used to train models.

The third piece targets ClickFix scams. These trick you into running a harmful PowerShell or Command Prompt command yourself. If Chrome suspects a copied command, it strips personal information from it and sends it to Safe Browsing. If it looks dangerous, you get a warning first.

What to do

Anyone using Chrome, at home or at work, should check their Safe Browsing setting. The steps are in the alert box above. Google claims Enhanced Protection makes users ten times safer than Standard Protection, though that is Google's own figure.

Not yet clear: when each feature reaches everyone, and whether people on Standard Protection get any of it. A warning also is not a guarantee. A page that asks you to copy and run a command is a red flag on its own.