ZDNet

Why Chrome may have quietly downloaded a 4GB file to your PC - and how to get rid of it

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 ...

Forgot a file at home? This free Google tool can save the day

This free tool from Google lets you remotely access your computer from pretty much anywhere—your laptop, phone, tablet, you ...
Engadget

Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges

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 ...
The Verge

Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

Here’s how you can find out, and get that storage back if you need it. Here’s how you can find out, and get that storage back if you need it. is a news writer focused on creative industries, ...
MyBroadband

Disappearing data: Google Chrome could be secretly downloading a 4GB file

Google is silently downloading a 4GB on-device AI model to computers running Google Chrome, allegedly without user consent or the option to decline the download. Some users reported that the model ...
Gizmodo

Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns

Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as “That Privacy Guy,” recently reported ...
Hosted on MSN

Google using Chrome to install AI files without permission

Hey guys, that four gigabytes of artificial intelligence model you didn't ask? Good news! It's finished downloading onto your computer. Unwanted data-sucking software: it's just another way that ...
Dark Reading

VoidStealer Malware Darts Past Google Chrome's Encryption

In another sign that browsers continue to be a prime attack target, authors of the VoidStealer Trojan have uncovered a way to bypass a Chrome security feature designed to protect session cookies and ...
MUO on MSN

Chrome installed a 4GB AI model on my computer without asking me — I can’t remove it

I don't want Google running AI locally on my PC.
Android Authority

Google will pay you $1.5M if you can hack Pixel's Titan M2 chip

Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for advanced zero-click Pixel hacks targeting the Titan M2 security chip. Meanwhile, Google is slashing payouts for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities ...
Android Police

Chrome AI takes up 4GB of your computer storage and there may be nothing you can do about it

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features ...
CNET

If You Use Google Chrome, Your Device May Have Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...