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Google Chrome is reportedly auto-installing a massive 4GB AI model without your consent (www.neowin.net)
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Chrome version 147 silently downloads Gemini Nano's weights.bin file to local storage, sparking major privacy, data, and legal concerns.

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[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm reminded of when they pinky swore that they weren't dissecting your data in incognito tabs.

They lied. And nothing ever really happened to them for it. Proof is that they still have the audacity to do anti consumer shit like this and not even think twice.

Also if I was someone who wanted to run an LLM locally there are many options other than whatever crap google is putting out. You can't trust them at all with even a morsel of your data.