Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges
Key points
- 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 on-device LLM.
- Computer scientist Alexander Hanff published the details earlier this week on his website The Privacy Guy and goes into extreme detail on why this isn't a good look for Google.
- I just verified what he said about the file, named "weights.bin" and found it in the Chrome folder in the macOS Library directory (which is ordinarily hidden so that users don't mess with potentially critical files).
- Indeed, it's a 4+ GB file right where he said it would be.
Quick Summary
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
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Key Takeaways
- 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 on-device LLM.
- Computer scientist Alexander Hanff published the details earlier this week on his website The Privacy Guy and goes into extreme detail on why this isn't a good look for Google.
- I just verified what he said about the file, named "weights.bin" and found it in the Chrome folder in the macOS Library directory (which is ordinarily hidden so that users don't mess with potentially critical files).
- Indeed, it's a 4+ GB file right where he said it would be.
📌 Source: engadget.com
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