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Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking

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Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking
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Google Chrome users who have noticed unusual disk activity or unexplained drops in available storage should look for a folder called "OptGuideOnDeviceModel" inside their Chrome directory. It holds roughly 4GB of weights for Google's Gemini Nano LLM, downloaded by the browser without user consent.Read Entire Article

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