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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent.
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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I hate the idea of AI agents on my phone without my consent. So this is definitely fucked up. And fuck google in general.
But the power consumption argument makes little sense. That's like downloading one movie in 1080p.