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Google Chrome is stashing a 4GB AI model on your device

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if d...

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Google Chrome May Have Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device

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

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Chrome’s 4GB AI model isn’t new, but you’re not wrong for being confused

You can stop Chrome from taking up 4GB of storage for local AI, but that shouldn’t be your problem.

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How to remove Gemini Nano from Chrome (and free up 4GB of storage)

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You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out

Chrome silently installs a 4 GB local LLM on your computer

Google Chrome will steal 4 GB of disk space from your computer for its local large language model unless you opted out. It's called weights.bin and it's stored in a folder called OptGuideOnDeviceModel. What's more, if you track down the file and delete it, Chrome will download a fresh copy and reinstate it.

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Want to Switch to Chrome on Windows 11? Here’s How to Do It Right

How Do I Download Google Chrome on Windows 11? Windows 11 comes with the Edge browser pre-installed. Edge is built on the same technology as Chrome, so the two browsers look and feel similar. If you want to use Chrome instead, you can use Edge to download ...