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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by aucisson_masque on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:48PM (#48029093)
The issue is the size of the 'update' and the impact it'z going to have on your computer performance.

If tomorrow Google was to include a Blockchain miner in Google chrome, you'd still say you consented to it by using their software ?

Because I'm pretty sure that this LLM is also going to be used by Google to gather data on the user and feeding it to Google, hence just like the Blockchain miner using our computer ressources (space & performance) to feed Google yearly benefits.

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by ZetsuBouKyo on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @02:47AM (#48033073)
Hey, you got the point. Is there a chance that Google actually plans to use users' computers as their edge computing devices?
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by prepend on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @02:53PM (#48040102)
Chrome has been eating my CPU for years. Who knows what Google is doing, but it sucks. I wish they wouldn’t do that.

But I suppose hundreds of millions of people don’t mind based on the continued usage.

I miss programmers being proud of efficient code and size. I suspect moms of Chrome developers are embarassed to tell their friends.

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