Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model on some of your PCs without asking for permission and will just download it again if you delete it

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Google’s Chrome browser has been quietly downloading a 4 GB local AI model onto user’s devices without asking permission. What’s more, if you manually delete the model, Chrome will simply download it again. It was security researcher Alexander Hanff, who runs the ThatPrivacyGuy website, who discovered Chrome’s dubious behaviour. He found a weights.bin file measuring […]

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