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Chrome installed a 4GB AI model on my computer without asking me — I can’t remove it

I don't want Google running AI locally on my PC.
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Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model. Here’s how to remove it

When I did that on my Mac, the weights.bin file disappeared immediately. Of course, turning Chrome’s local AI setting off nixed Chrome’s local AI functionality, including text suggestions and scam ...
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Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model. Here’s how to remove it

Google’s Chrome browser is already a notorious storage hog, but now comes word that it’s crowding our PC drives in a new way: with a local AI model. That model ...