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

We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.

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 ...
Android Authority

How to download and install Google Chrome on any device

According to Stat Counter, Google Chrome is the most popular internet browser, with a 63% global share. If you’re a part of the remaining 37% and want to give the Chrome browser a try, it’s easy to ...
CNET

Did Chrome Just Install a Massive AI Model on Your Device Without Telling You? Yes, Probably

A 4GB file called weights.bin may be sitting on your hard drive right now, put there by Chrome without your knowledge.
XDA Developers on MSN

Chrome quietly installed 4GB of AI files on my PC — here’s how to remove them

Google never really asked or notified users about this, and both Windows and macOS are affected.
Decrypt

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.

Google Chrome secretly installed a 4GB Gemini AI model on your computer: here's what we know

Google Chrome may be consuming more space than expected due to an automatic download of a 4GB AI model called Gemini Nano.