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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days ago

Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it

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Google Chrome force-installs a 4-gigabyte AI model — how to get rid of it

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days ago
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A lot of people just found out that Google’s Chrome web browser happily downloads a four-gigabyte AI model. For all users. The model is “Gemini Nano”, which is a smaller, distilled version of Gemin…

How to get rid of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYJeON5Xv4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260507-google-chrome-force-installs-a-4-gigabyte-ai-model - podcast

time: 3 min 43 sec

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  • KiwiTB@lemmy.world
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    Uninstall chrome.

    • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.ca
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      Or:

      1. Install Chrome
      2. Use it for the Web-USB thing to install GrapheneOS on your phone
      3. Purge Chrome

      (seriously tho, why doesnt that web installer thing work for firefox???)

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        that must be a particular choice, because ventoy works on both

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