Why Chrome may have quietly downloaded a 4GB file to your PC - and how to get rid of it

The file, which appears to be related to Google's on-device AI model, is harmless enough. Here's why some users may still be ...

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

We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.

Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges

If you've paid any attention to Google lately, you know that it wants us using its AI tools. So much so that Chrome ...

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 ...

Google weighs in on Chrome's weights.bin controversy

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 ...
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Redditor clears decade-old recycle bin with 557k files

Massive file purge: A Redditor deleted over half a million files from their recycle bin after almost 10 years, freeing up 302 GB of space. Why it matters: The case underscores how unused files can ...
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binary file

A computer file format in which all eight bits of the byte are used for data. Executable software (machine language programs), most word processing, database, spreadsheet and multimedia files are ...