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Chrome version 147 silently downloads Gemini Nano's weights.bin file to local storage, sparking major privacy, data, and legal concerns.

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[-] 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@piefed.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I wonder if they do it on phones as well. Not everyone has a 256GB+ device, and 4GB would be a significant chunk on even that.

[-] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

What little I read about this it seems to only be on desktop. For now.

Some suit in the C Suite is having a wet dream though imagining the not so far off future where they can run shit like this on your phone.

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