Google has been silently downloading "weights.bin" for its on-device Gemini Nano AI model inside the Chrome web browser.

Silent AI install: Researchers found Chrome automatically downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model without clear user consent, sparking privacy and transparency concerns. Google’s explanation: Google ...

Google Chrome is reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking, Alexander ...

Google Chrome automatically downloads an AI model to support features such as scam detection and tab organization. Here's how to remove it.

Google Chrome automatically downloads an AI model to support features such as scam detection and tab organization.