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Silent AI install: Researchers found Chrome auto-downloaded a 4GB Gemini Nano file without asking users, triggering privacy and transparency concerns. Google's explanation: Google says the model ...

Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome's practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini ...

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

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Hanff discovered a four-gigabyte file named “weights.bin,” in a directory called “OptGuideOnDeviceModel.” The file contains ...

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

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Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model ...