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How to Tell if Google Chrome Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model to Your Device

Don't want it? Here's how to delete it.

Alex Valdes

Alex Valdes from Bellevue...

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ai atlas

Services & Software

How to Tell if Google Chrome Secretly Downloaded a 4GB AI Model to Your Device

Don't want it? Here's how to delete it.

Alex Valdes

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat fascinated by the Cambridge coffee webcam back in the Roaring '90s.

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Alex Valdes

May 28, 2026 5:45 p.m. PT

4 min read

Chrome users may have a 4GB AI model called Gemini Nano sitting on their hard drives right now.

Sarah Tew/CNET

Google Chrome could be taking up some extra

storage space

on your device. Based on reports, the browser has been automatically downloading a 4GB AI model onto some users' hard drives without their permission. This isn't the first time Google has discreetly

interfered with users' devices

, and privacy advocates say the practice may violate data laws.

The mysterious file in question is Gemini Nano, an

AI model that runs on devices

, such as smartphones and laptops rather than in the cloud. According to

Alexander Hanff

, a Swedish computer scientist and lawyer known as That Privacy Guy, it's been installed on some Chrome browsers without permission. You won't know when it's been downloaded onto your device, either.

Hanff said Gemini Nano will only be installed if the device meets the hardware requirements. It's still unknown how many people have gotten the install.

Gemini Nano

performs tasks such as detecting scam phone calls, helping you write text messages, summarizing recordings and analyzing Pixel phone screenshots. It's not to be confused with the

pill in the address bar. If you use AI Mode, your queries are routed to Google Gemini servers, not to Gemini Nano.

A Google spokesperson told CNET that Gemini Nano will automatically uninstall if the device doesn't have enough resources, such as processing power, memory, storag

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