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Chicho on 06 May 2026
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JEMC said:

Ok, I don't know how reliable is this site and I don't recall seeing any other articles about this subject depite the following article being over 1 month old so, take it with a pinch of salt:

Google Chrome Secretly Downloads Huge Local AI Models
https://winaero.com/google-chrome-secretly-downloads-huge-local-ai-models/
Google Chrome automatically installs local neural network components on user systems via default configurations. The browser downloads a 4GB local version of Gemini Nano without explicit user consent. The system activates this model during interactions with Google services, and Google enables these options by default.

I don't use Chrome and, therefore, I can't test if this is true and if the guide to remove the files and to stop Chrome from downloading again works or not.

I think it's strange that something like this has gone unnoticed for so long, but I decided to share it with you just in case we start hearing it and it gains more credibility. And well, because it's Google and they're capable of this and more.