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Google's Been Quietly Using Your Hard Drive for AI. Here's What to Do About It

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Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here's what it is, where it lives on your computer, and what you can do about it.
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Did Google Chrome quietly install a 4GB AI file on your computer without telling you?

Google Chrome may have placed a large, unexpected file on your computer as part of its push to bring artificial intelligence ...

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.
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Google defends Chrome's silent 4GB AI install amid backlash

Silent AI download: Chrome has been installing the 4GB Gemini Nano AI model on eligible devices without notifying users, triggering privacy and transparency concerns. Google's defense: Google says the ...

Google quietly installs 4GB AI model through Chrome; here’s how to remove it

Privacy advocates have raised concerns after discovering that Chrome has been downloading Google’s Gemini Nano AI model to ...