Post #4428806
2026-08-07 09:18 UTC
When you work on a #Microsoft #windows laptop with a small SSD, you have to manage disk space a bit more tightly. So what's the deal with #Google #Chrome On-device #AI installing a Gemini-Nano model taking up 4GB?
For the sake of #privacy it is said that it runs entirely on your #hardware rather than remote servers, not sending data to the #cloud
I've got two comments on this:
1. Going to avoid using this on my personal laptop.
2. Glad I'm a #VivaldiBrowser user, no AI nonsense or additional workload on the CPU and disk for something I didn't ask.
Replies (2)
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@mjlmo@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-07 09:25
If you want to reclaim your storage space and prevent Chrome from using the model, you can delete the folder after turning off the settings, though Chrome may recreate it during future updates if not fully disabled.
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@mcbaumwolle@mastodon.social 2026-08-07 09:40
@mjlmo@social.vivaldi.net https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ Apparently you cannot remove it either, average #Google.