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Google Chrome is reportedly auto-installing a massive 4GB AI model without your consent (www.neowin.net)
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Chrome version 147 silently downloads Gemini Nano's weights.bin file to local storage, sparking major privacy, data, and legal concerns.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if they do it on phones as well. Not everyone has a 256GB+ device, and 4GB would be a significant chunk on even that.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    On android phones I believe this is called Gemini Nano which is part of the Gemini app for Android and the android AIcore app. The AI core app supposedly eats up like 4-12GB of storage. I believe it's a system app that you can't uninstall.

    Might be worth a look at your phone apps especially if you have a pixel phone.

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