Chrome is no longer the lightweight browser most people think it is. And if you don’t believe me, just check the storage Chrome is taking up on your PC. Recently, a lot of users have reported Chrome ...
When I did that on my Mac, the weights.bin file disappeared immediately. Of course, turning Chrome’s local AI setting off nixed Chrome’s local AI functionality, including text suggestions and scam ...
You might've noticed some of the precious space on your computer's hard drive disappear recently without a clear cause. Perhaps unexpectedly, Google Chrome could be behind it. A 4 GB file titled ...
Users noticed Google Chrome silently downloading a 4GB file called “weights.bin” in the background, sparking privacy concerns. This file actually helps run Gemini Nano on-device, improving privacy by ...
Google $GOOGL Chrome has been downloading a 4GB AI model file onto user devices without consent, according to a report by Alexander Hanff, a Swedish computer ...
Google’s Chrome browser is already a notorious storage hog, but now comes word that it’s crowding our PC drives in a new way: with a local AI model. That model ...