Snopes.com

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...
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 ...
Mashable

Google's Gemini 3 is smarter, better at figuring out what you need

Google has a new contender for the smartest AI in the world. On Tuesday, the company launched Gemini 3, calling it its "most intelligent model." The new LLM (large language model) should have improved ...
AOL

Google Chrome Just Silently Installed A 4GB AI Model On Your Device - Here's How To Remove It

Google Chrome logo in the background with Gemini AI title in the foreground. - Thrive Studios ID/Shutterstock Resourceful users have discovered a file approximately 4 GB in size that Google silently ...
Defense One

Pentagon adds Google’s latest model to GenAI.mil as usage soars

LAS VEGAS—Users of the Pentagon’s enterprise-wide generative-AI platform now have access to Google Cloud’s latest and most advanced commercial AI model, Gemini 3.1 Pro, after several weeks of using ...
Digital Trends

Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

While Google Chrome is still the most popular browser, it’s feeling the heat from the new wave of AI browsers, including Perplexity Comet, Dia, and more. To stay relevant, Google is adding new AI ...
TechCrunch

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic and support the AI firm’s growing computing needs, Bloomberg reports. The Alphabet subsidiary is committing to invest $10 billion now, at a $350 ...
Wired

You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out

If you use Google's Chrome browser for desktop, there's probably a Gemini Nano AI model running on your computer right now and taking up about 4 GB of space. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but if ...
Android

[Update: Google Statement] Chrome has been secretly downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano model to your device

A privacy researcher discovered Chrome is silently pushing a 4GB Gemini Nano model to user devices with no consent prompt, no notification, and no easy way to stop it. And the “AI Mode” feature you ...
CNBC

Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the companies confirmed on Friday. Anthropic said the agreement expands on a longstanding partnership between the two companies. Google is ...
CNBC

Meta is tracking employee keystrokes on Google, LinkedIn, Wikipedia as part of AI training initiative

As part of a project to train its AI models, Meta plans to capture employee use of popular sites and apps like Google and Wikipedia, according to internal documents viewed by CNBC. Reuters previously ...
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, ...