Google Chrome is reportedly auto-installing a massive 4GB AI model without your consent
Google Chrome has started automatically downloading and installing an on-device AI model file called weights.bin to power Gemini Nano. …
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… Chrome 147 was caught silently downloading an on-device Gemini Nano file named weights.bin, which takes up 4GB of storage. While it raises privacy, data, and legal concerns, it was reported that deleting the file causes Chrome to re-download the model without telling you. …