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Chrome quietly installs 4GB AI file, sparking privacy concerns

Hidden AI download: Chrome has been silently installing a 4GB Gemini Nano file to enable local AI features without clear user notification. Removal requires toggle: Deleting the file is temporary ...
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Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model on your PC without asking

The 4GB on-device AI model, supposedly for Gemini Nano, is installed without consent or opt-in, and even re-downloads itself ...

Here’s how I finally got Google’s uninvited 4GB AI model off my Mac

Without notice or consent, Chrome has been downloading the hefty Gemini Nano model to run AI locally on your computer.