Google Chrome Accused of Secretly Installing 4GB AI Model, Raising Privacy and Legal Concerns
Google is the latest company to generate negative headlines for its AI integration, due to its Gemini AI integration into Chrome announced back in September of last year. In the months since, the feature has rolled out to users' PCs, and since you have to opt out, most people are now using Chrome with AI features enabled by default. Privacy advocates and AI critics have taken note of this and are pointing fingers at a 4GB "weights.bin" file used for Google's local AI, Gemini Nano. Critics have also noted that the weights file restores itself upon deletion, and even on a brand-new Chrome install, will be automatically downloaded to a user's device.
That said, it's surprisingly easy to disable AI features in Chrome, including permanently deleting the weights.bin file. In fact, I did so as soon as I noticed the Gemini button being added to my Chrome window, and right-clicking...
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