Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.
The article gives 3 options to avoid it:
> The only ways to make the deletion stick are to disable Chrome’s AI features through chrome://flags or enterprise policy tooling that home users do not generally have, or to uninstall Chrome entirely
1. It can probably be reverted at their whim at any time
2. You probably don’t have access to it
3. It is the most realistic option, just use another browser
> The only ways to make the deletion stick are to disable Chrome’s AI features through chrome://flags or enterprise policy tooling that home users do not generally have, or to uninstall Chrome entirely
1. It can probably be reverted at their whim at any time
2. You probably don’t have access to it
3. It is the most realistic option, just use another browser