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Chrome Is Quietly Installing a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer—And Putting It Back If You Delete It

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Decrypt Editorial
(10:01 PM UTC)
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In brief

  • Chrome silently downloads a ~4GB Gemini Nano file called weights.bin to eligible devices with no opt-in prompt, and automatically re-downloads it if deleted.
  • Chrome's "AI Mode" button in the address bar routes queries to Google's cloud servers—the local 4GB model doesn't power it.
  • Privacy researcher Alexander Hanff argues the behavior violates the EU ePrivacy Directive.

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