<![CDATA["Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking....]]>"Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking....
The only ways to make the deletion stick are to disable Chrome's AI features through chrome://flags or enterprise policy"

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/6aae8817-4fc4-4436-9e63-1bae8e23e904/google-chrome-is-reaching-into-users-machines-and-writing-a-4-gb-on-device-ai-model-file-to-disk-without-asking....RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 17:22:48 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 12:15:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.... on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:43:16 GMT]]>@ChristosArgyrop I think you need more Gee Bees for the latest versions of Chrome.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116522024702904317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116522024702904317Tue, 05 May 2026 12:43:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.... on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:22:03 GMT]]>@ChristosArgyrop Well, goddamn it. We used to care about size and space, but apparently not any more. (The rest of the post is, I suspect, an interesting reading of EU law)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116521941328721377https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/wordshaper/statuses/116521941328721377Tue, 05 May 2026 12:22:03 GMT