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Google Chrome May Have Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device

You might not have asked for an AI model on your computer, but you might have gotten it anyway. Google Chrome has been ...

Chrome silently installs a 4 GB local LLM on your computer

Google Chrome will steal 4 GB of disk space from your computer for its local large language model unless you opted out. It's ...

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 ...

Google responds to Chrome’s silent Gemini Nano install, stops short of addressing consent

Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome's practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini ...
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Google defends silent Chrome AI install, sidesteps consent issue

Silent AI download: Privacy researcher Alexander Hanff found Chrome installs a 4GB Gemini Nano model without notifying users, triggering privacy and consent concerns ...
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Google defends Chrome’s silent Gemini installs, but doesn’t address the real issue

Frustrations over a file point to a larger issue with Chrome ...
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Google Chrome no update is available when installing

Some users have complained that when they try to install Google Chrome on their Windows 11/10 PC, it doesn’t work. It shows a No update is available error message ...