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Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking

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If you've ever noticed Android AICore taking up more storage than expected, Google now has an answer — and it turns out the culprit is a perfectly reasonable fail-safe you'd probably want anyway.The ...

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Google Chrome Silently Installs a 4GB AI Model on PC Without User Consent

Google Chrome silently installs a 4GB AI Model on desktop systems without user consent. Learn how to find and delete it to ...