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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs

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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago

Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.

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I get you

You can still just stop using it and move to Firefox at least. However I understand you might have device restrictions for installing new programs if it’s not your own device.

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