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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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[โ€“] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Some features being local is a win as far as I'm concerned. And its google what do people expect just seems like a very weird thing to get upset at google for.

[โ€“] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You asked a question. I answered the question. I don't know what people expect these days but I expect programs to download what I tell them to when I tell them to and not suddenly decide to download things I don't tell them to. Back in the day we called programs that download things without the users consent viruses.

Especially if it redownloads and reinstalls itself after the user removes it. Doesn't matter what company it comes from that's not how things are supposed to work (MS does this same type of crap with copilot and that's also insane).