Without notice or consent, Chrome has been downloading the hefty Gemini Nano model to run AI locally on your computer.

Here's how to delete Chrome's weights.bin file and disable Gemini Nano to reclaim your storage space on Windows and macOS.

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model ...

Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome's practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini ...

You might not have asked for an AI model on your computer, but you might have gotten it anyway. Google Chrome has been ...

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