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.

Check your PC: Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model without asking permission

'Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.' ...
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Chrome Is Quietly Installing a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer—And Putting It Back If You Delete It

Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model to eligible devices, and downloads it again if deleted.
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Google Chrome installed a massive AI model on your computer, and I hate it

An unsettling report shed light on Google's unwanted installation of a 4GB AI model that now resides on computers—yes, yours, ...

Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns

Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as ...
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Guy finds Google Chrome is quietly installing a 4GB AI model on our devices

Google Chrome is reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking, Alexander ...
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Google Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB AI Model on PC Without User Consent

Google Chrome silently installs a 4GB AI Model on desktop systems without user consent. Learn how to find and delete it to ...