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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy! (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
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[-] turdas@suppo.fi 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, bloating the install size is the main problem with this. Users running out of storage space is inconvenient, but has no real bearing on climate or privacy.

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