If you use Google Chrome on your computer, the browser has silently installed an on-device AI model without your knowledge.

Some Google Chrome users report automatic downloads of a nearly 4GB AI model file. Here’s how to check if it exists on your ...

Google is downloading a 4GB file to the PCs of many Chrome users. The file is harmless and is used for the Gemini Nano on-device LLM. You'll see it if you've opted into the on-device AI setting in ...

If you've paid any attention to Google lately, you know that it wants us using its AI tools. So much so that Chrome apparently downloads a 4GB file containing details for running Gemini Nano, Google's ...

Several Google Chrome users in South Africa reported that a 4GB file had silently been downloaded to their computers.

A 4GB file called weights.bin may be sitting on your hard drive right now, put there by Chrome without your knowledge. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet ...

In 2024, Google Chrome expanded its built-in AI initiative by introducing APIs and browser features that enable the local execution of AI models. As part of this shift, Chrome began integrating ...