You can nix Chrome's 4GB local AI model in just a few clicks, but you'll lose some functionality in the process.

Security researcher Alexander Hanff says Chrome is quietly installing a 4GB AI model, raising concerns over consent, storage, ...

Researcher Alexander Hanff says Google Chrome is downloading a roughly 4GB Gemini Nano model onto some eligible devices ...

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

Delete it and it could come back ...

Chromecast devices have been around for a long time, but they still hold a few surprises. Here's what that little button on ...

Hanff has now flagged another issue first disclosed on Reddit. Until now, Chrome’s on-device AI toggle “lived inside the ...

Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model to eligible devices, and downloads it again if deleted.

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

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

If you run AI features in Chrome, you might have inadvertently downloaded 4GB of additional data to your machine.

If you've paid any attention to Google lately, you know that it wants us using its AI tools. So much so that Chrome ...