WebGPU in Chrome Canary now supports float16 for faster local LLM inference

I hope they gate webGPU behind a per domain allow&#x2F;deny notification like they do with location and camera access.<p>This whole thing is just begging to be exploited by cryptominers.

To test, run Chrome Canary with:<p><pre><code> --enable-dawn-features=allow_unsafe_apis,disable_robustness </code></pre> Then, open: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webllm.mlc.ai&#x2F;#chat-demo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webllm.mlc.ai&#x2F;#chat-demo</a>