You can nix Chrome's 4GB local AI model in just a few clicks, but you'll lose some functionality in the process.

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

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

If you use Google Chrome on your computer, the browser has silently installed an on-device AI model without your knowledge.

Google Chrome has been accused of installing an unauthorized AI model. Here's how you can check.

Google Chrome automatically downloads an AI model to support features such as scam detection and tab organization. Here's how to remove it.

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

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

Chrome installs a 3- to 4GB file called weights.bin on desktop. It's for local AI through Gemini Nano — and you can delete it ...

Hanff has now flagged another issue first disclosed on Reddit. Until now, Chrome’s on-device AI toggle “lived inside the ...

Google Chrome automatically downloads an AI model to support features such as scam detection and tab organization.

Google Chrome has been quietly downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano AI model onto eligible devices without directly notifying users, ...