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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 16 hours 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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