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Google Chrome will steal 4 GB of disk space from your computer for its local large language model unless you opted out. It's ...

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Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model to eligible devices, and downloads it again if deleted.

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Chrome secretly installs 4GB Gemini Nano AI model on your computer without consent and reinstalls it if deleted.