Google Chrome silently installs the 4GB Gemini Nano model on your devices

Recently, Chrome was found to be silently installing a 4GB AI Gemini Nano model on your computers without explicit notification. So, what should you know about it?

This feature has been enabled since 2024

For your information, this Gemini Nano model enables features such as Help Me Write and fraud detection to be performed directly on the device rather than in the cloud. In a statement released yesterday, Google said this feature has been enabled since 2024 to make it easier to uninstall Gemini Nano on devices in development.

Moreover, you can now uninstall this AI model via the On Device AI settings and disable it from being downloaded again. Google also says the software has a feature to delete this AI model when it detects that your device storage is getting low. The installation of the Gemini Nano model on Chrome is unexpected. But on Pixel devices and some other Android devices, this model is already available to run some AI features without sending data to the cloud first.

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