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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 26/08/2026

It's all semantics until API quotas hit. Build free & fast with built-in AI APIs: zero costs, privacy, and no BringYourOwnKey dilemmas. See @eisbahn.jp 's Semantic Sticky Board using the Semantic Embedder API in DevTrial: semantic-sticky-board.yoichiro.dev Explore: goo.gle/chrome-ai-de... #WebAI

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Semantic Sticky Board

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 20/08/2026

Built-in AI brings zero marginal cost, no API keys, and permissionless innovation. But how do you debug and monitor quality of client side AI? Julien Bataillé (Rakuten) built a PoC instrumenting the Prompt API with OpenInference spans & direct OTLP export: github.com/rakutenanaly...

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web-ai-demos/prompt-api-telemetry at prompt-api-observability · rakutenanalytics/web-ai-demos

Contribute to rakutenanalytics/web-ai-demos development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 17/07/2026

Just found a fun project: Arcrawls (arcrawls.com) 👾 It’s a nostalgic browser pet that reacts to your tabs & gains XP. And, yes it has AI ✨😊! By using a local Distilbert & Prompt API, it avoids the downsides of AI for fun projects. Zero cost, Zero keys, Privacy. Code: github.com/fujiDevv/con...

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Arcrawls – Context-Aware AI Browser Pet | 100% Local & Private

The first browser pet that understands your vibe. Real-time context reactions, 140+ animations, spring physics, and fully local AI (Gemini Nano). Zero cloud data. Open source.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 23/06/2026

Leaving Tokyo under the watchful eye of Godzilla🦖! Next stop: Berlin for Google I/O Connect✈️ I look forward to connecting with the developer community to talk use cases and pain points. Let's see if the AI APIs we’re working on can help. Come inform our next roadmap! 🌐✨

A giant Godzilla head peeking over an upper balcony inside the Haneda airport terminal 3, with a "D Departures" sign and ANA ticketing counters in the foreground.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 21/06/2026

Third round of Garmin coaching is paying off! 🎉 Managed to beat my previous 5k record (27:40) by 1 minute and 20 seconds, landing at 26:20 😄. As a bonus, my VO₂ max gave me a little nod up to 49. #Garmin #running 🏃‍♂️💨

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 15/06/2026

Per popular request, the LanguageDetector API will soon gain the ability to dissociate Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. groups.google.com/a/chromium.o... Documentation: developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/lang... #WebAI #BuiltinAI

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Language detection with built-in AI | AI on Chrome | Chrome for Developers

The Language Detector API offers built-in language discovery on the web, in the browser.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 22/05/2026

Google I/O is powering down, but the roadshow begins! 🗺️✨ I’ll be hitting the I/O Connect circuit because shipping APIs means nothing until our work gently collides with real devs solving real-world problems. Thanks for raiding the Chrome sandbox! 🚀 #GoogleIO #WebAI #WebDev

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 20/05/2026

Early birds get the calm before the inference storm 🧘‍♂️ Day 2 of #GoogleIO is live! Swing by the Chrome Sandbox for use-case hunting & all-day Built-in AI + WebMCP demos. 🔥 Today's Picks: 11am: Built-in AI Q&A 1pm: Chrome AI Leadership / WebMCP Q&A 3pm: Agentic Era 4pm: Built-in AI

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 20/05/2026

🚀 Google I/O updates for Chrome built-in AI! 🎉 Prompt API ships to stable in Chrome 148! Previews on the horizon: 🛠️ Native Tool Calling preview 🔍 Embeddings API preview. Also a new 🎛️ Prompt Parameters Origin Trial. Join the Early Preview Program for heads up and feedback: goo.gle/chrome-ai-de...

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 19/05/2026

1h 30m until #GoogleIO 2026! 🚀 Come check the new APIs in the Chrome area. Hitting walls? We have a T-Rex and our équipe de choc of Partnerships, DevRel & PMs ready to help you break through including unlocking permissionless, unshackled client side AI compute. See you in the sandbox! 🧑‍💻✨

A mural from Google office SB65 featuring a countryside, with a large Googleville sign and a 3D Chrome offline T-Rex sculpture.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 18/05/2026

Just landed for #GoogleIO ! 🛬 Eager to meet folks and talk use cases. Skip servers, quotas, & red tape: Web AI is permissionless, unshackled compute that gets better by the day. Check the 1st wave of AI APIs, and let's discuss what's next: developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/built-in-apis 🧑‍💻✨

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Built-in AI APIs | AI on Chrome | Chrome for Developers

Built-in AI is the latest offering for bringing powerful models to users, while protecting sensitive data and improving latency.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 11/05/2026

Zack's demo (from @brilliantsole.bsky.social ) got my week off to a great start! 🚀 Pair smart glasses with the Prompt API and a few other technologies, and apparently, you get a digital first mate with a voice of pure authority. 🏴‍☠️ Check the vibe: youtu.be/tcqrFwadepQ?...

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Prompt API with TTS on Smart Glasses | Brilliant Wear SDK

YouTube video by Zack Qattan

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 21/04/2026

"Which one of the throw-away engines?" 💀 #BlinkOn 21 Web History Panel. 1️⃣ Investment vs. Legacy: Modernize the engine while "trawling" for legacy bugs. 2️⃣ "One-Way Door": Watching users switch browsers because a site broke. 3️⃣ Engineering Morale: Wanting to build the future, not maintain legacy.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 20/04/2026

Curious to hear more about Haptics on the web at #blinkon 21. I hope it goes beyond the generic haptic feedback and covers input devices. Not sure what's popular those days, but I had fun with SensAble PHANToM devices back in 1990s!

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 01/04/2026

I deconstructed an AI Alt-Text demo to move from AI as a detour to AI as a "Main quest" helper. Think "Push-bars" instead of "Pull" handles: don't force new habits; meet users where they already go. Demo: exploractical.com/demos/alt-text/ Underlying thinking: exploractical.com/blog/2026/alt-text/

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 18/03/2026

"Our role shifts from 'building the UI' to 'managing the truth.'" @bandarra.me 's piece hits on a key AI struggle: high-fidelity polish creates a false sense of "readiness". We need the inspiration, but must carry the reality of what it takes to reach prod. bandarra.me/posts/vibe-t...

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The Vibe to Production Pipeline

Unlock the future of software development by mastering the balance between rapid "Vibe Coding" and structured "AI Assisted Engineering." This insightful guide reveals how AI's impressive polish can cr...

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 11/03/2026

In enterprise environments, cloud-based STT is often a non-starter. @paul.kinlan.me 's "Utter" Chrome extension fixes this with the WebSpeech and Prompt APIs to transcribe and polish your "train of thought" entirely on-device. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/utter... #WebAI #BuiltInAI

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Utter - Chrome Web Store

Global hotkey for voice-to-text input using Speech Recognition

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 23/02/2026

New 5k personal best on this fine Emperor's birthday holiday. 27m40s (vs 29m33s) #RunnersInTech

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 09/11/2025

Headed to #W3C #TPAC in Kobe! Looking forward to diving into discussions on standardization and opportunities in the AI/ML space for the web. While I might skip the new W3C logo debate 😉, I'm eager to connect with old friends and make new ones passionate about the web.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 01/11/2025

Videos from the Web AI Summit coming soon! In the meantime, here's the deck for "Beyond the demo: building the WebAI playbook." Let's validate ideas & UX patterns, fill tooling gaps, and write this playbook together. docs.google.com/presentation... #WebAI #BuiltinAI #WebDev #GeminiNano #ChromeAI

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[publicly shared] kenjibaheux@ Web AI Summit 2025 Deck

Beyond the Demo Building the WebAI Playbook At the 2025 Web AI Summit, I had the pleasure of opening the discussion on a crucial challenge facing our community. This is the deck and more or less the s...

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 10/10/2025

Fat-fingered my way from "show, don't tell" to "show, don't yell." I like the new rule better! You can yell about your tech tour de force all you want, but the audience is only asking: what value does it deliver? Any favorite typo that ended in a better rule? #ProductManagemenr #FatFingerFortune

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 19/09/2025

I have attendee codes for the #WebAI Summit in Sunnyvale on Oct 17. The Chrome WebAI team wants to meet you on the hallway track to get critical context for our roadmap. Share your projects & challenges for a code! Can't join in person? The talks will be on YT, but still want to hear your story!

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Web AI Summit 2025: Client side models & agents!

Hear from Google, and top 3P companies in this annual event covering AI in the browser on device with Web AI. From Agents + WebMCP to traditional ML!

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 17/09/2025

NEW 5K PR :) 🎉 Went from 31:34 to 29:33. Sticking to #GarminCoach is paying off! #devsWhoRun #RunnersInTech

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 06/09/2025

Fantastic work by @sayonari.bsky.social on jimakuChan, a live subtitle/translation app for streamers. The latest version is using the #BuiltInAI Translator API to give users fast, private, and free translation directly in the browser without any setup. Another win for #WebAI !

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 22/08/2025

Built-in AI takes a field trip to Middle-earth 🗺️🧝‍♂️! Love the surprises that come with building the web platform. Tecendil uses the built-in AI Language Detector API to transliterate text into Tolkien's Tengwar script: www.tecendil.com?q=Ten%C3%A9i... #BuiltinAI #WebAI #WebDev #Tolkien

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Tecendil

The most accurate and up to date Tengwar transcriber

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 09/08/2025

Battling Tokyo's 40°C+ heat has made sticking to #Garmin Coach tough, but today the effort paid off! My VO2 Max just climbed a notch to 48 (Excellent range) 😊 Worth the sweat 🥵! #RunnersInTech #DevsWhoRun

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 04/08/2025

Saw @ThePrimeTime's video (youtu.be/ciNXbR5wvhU?...) & comments around HTTP cache & sharing across origins. Resources have long been isolated due to partitioning (2020+ in Chrome, longer in other browsers). Spreading knowledge is hard 😳: developer.chrome.com/blog/http-ca... #webperf #webdev

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Why your website should be under 14kB in size

YouTube video by ThePrimeTime

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 02/07/2025

Week 6 of 21 with Garmin Coach! 🎉 Already seeing solid progress: VO2 max up 2 points, ran multiple 5ks (latest 31:36, which is putting me close to intermediate levels for my age group?), and starting to shed some weight. Loving this running journey! #RunnersInTech #DevsWhoRun #PMsWhoRun ;)

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 13/06/2025

Officially my second 5k! 🎉 Garmin coach is slowly but surely guiding me. This was a 15 min 5:40/km pace block, flanked by 10 min at 6:40/km. Not fast, but I'm trying my best to show up! #RunnersInTech

Garmin fitness tracker screenshot showing a 5.41 km run in San Francisco (from Fisherman's Wharf along the waterfront to near the Ferry Building) completed in 35:11 on June 12 at 6:16 AM.

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Kenji Baheux @exploractical.com · 22/11/2024

My #WebAI talk on Chrome's journey with built-in AI is live! Task based AI APIs backed by browser-managed models: youtu.be/1TAhv4vqkTw?... Hands-on: developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/buil... 📣 Share your thoughts: how can we help your AI ambitions, what you'd like to hear about for future talks, etc.

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Overview of Chrome built-in AI

YouTube video by Chrome for Developers

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