Google Chrome Just Silently Installed A 4GB AI Model On Your Device - Here's How To Remove It

If you use Google Chrome on your computer, the browser has silently installed an on-device AI model without your knowledge.

Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking

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Our '7 Days' weekly tech roundup brings the juiciest announcements. Read about Edge browser handling passwords in plaintext, JDownloader getting hacked, and the TAB key.
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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.

Chrome has been secretly downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano model to your device

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Chrome Deleted Its Own Privacy Promise for Sneaky On-Device AI

Chrome is quietly installing a 4GB AI on your devices. Now, its latest version has removed the promise to keep your data off ...
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Did Google Just Turn Chrome Users Into Its AI Data Center?

The AI arms race is getting expensive fast. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG | GOOG Price Prediction)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), Microsoft ...

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

On May 4, 2026, Alexander Hanff, a computer scientist and lawyer who runs the website ThatPrivacyGuy.com, posted an article ...

Disappearing data: Google Chrome could be secretly downloading a 4GB file

Several Google Chrome users in South Africa reported that a 4GB file had silently been downloaded to their computers.

15 free apps that unlock the best version of your Chromebook

PCWorld highlights 15 essential free apps that can significantly enhance Chromebook functionality, covering photo editing, ...

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.
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Windows 11 adds registry control to block Chrome AI downloads

New Windows 11 control: A registry setting now lets users block Chrome and Edge from downloading local AI models without permission. Privacy concerns raised: The ...