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

Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as ...

You might not have asked for an AI model on your computer, but you might have gotten it anyway. Google Chrome has been ...

If you've paid any attention to Google lately, you know that it wants us using its AI tools. So much so that Chrome ...

You can nix Chrome's 4GB local AI model in just a few clicks, but you'll lose some functionality in the process.

A 4GB file called weights.bin is showing up on users' PCs. It's Gemini Nano and you can block it with two Chrome flags.

If you have certain Gemini AI features enabled on Chrome, it’s likely that the 4GB file has already been downloaded to your ...

Google Chrome silently installs a 4GB AI Model on desktop systems without user consent. Learn how to find and delete it to ...

A privacy researcher discovered Chrome is silently pushing a 4GB Gemini Nano model to user devices with no consent prompt, no notification, and no easy way to stop it. And the “AI Mode” feature you ...

Three LLMs, one prompt, and a lot of disappointment.

This release of Ubuntu Server brings fresh versions of multiple developer tools. Java gets OpenJDK 25 LTS with CRaC, and ...

The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos. You can set up your own ...