{"id":210513,"date":"2026-05-12T19:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/stop-chrome-browser-from-downloading-a-hidden-4gb-ai-file-macrumors\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:59:49","slug":"stop-chrome-browser-from-downloading-a-hidden-4gb-ai-file-macrumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/stop-chrome-browser-from-downloading-a-hidden-4gb-ai-file-macrumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Chrome Browser From Downloading a Hidden 4GB AI File &#8211; MacRumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1CSjJ6eDNTYl9nR0ROeWFEMk1qcFJrb0JsR3lJWnJVMGlnZzNVUUJMR3hrS1lIM013MkpTLU45Tk1IX1VQMDhZNWRnR094TTJtcUFXVUJ4VTQ2a3piMW11R1FqWGp4YnhYVE9Pa01Wd24wTVp4a2N5ZEJHa3BxQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Stop Chrome Browser From Downloading a Hidden 4GB AI File<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MacRumors<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOUk1tb1o4N3hMRmNIamt1NjdScFM5bkpZanFSY1lqcldTR2JvOGNEajg3WUUtTEtpdDd2UGxTNUxReUVOUDk4b01PbkNVbnhpaHVyZ1hVZGtFaHRVaEl1YkFTZ00zTUdtYUQ1d2V1MWxHVWNLaGZjaHluU0FiVUxHcEtGMW9qRW1WeDI4TmdSYVl4NEVUTWgw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Google Chrome\u2019s silent 4GB AI download problem<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Malwarebytes<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNck5ncUMwT0pzOHBDNzZNenlLSFlDSzZfWEtFUVJyVWFXRGFvQ1czSHBCNmZnaFNIaDN1c3pNN3VGVXd1SkkzdWUzTmJiSy1pOGJYMVM4eVJlRE5hcHFKQVdpc3pidFNueEdkQ0dxbjNTdEhaaE5iRXpFN3l5cC1UMnR1Szc1VEtHdXc4LTZRR2xlc3hFcHlJNQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome Is Quietly Downloading a 4GB AI Model Without Your Permission<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PCMag<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOSzN6aDdseVFkMDBaTDhVczVqSS15QjVFZlUyNW50c1ZiYlgyUTAxV0p3ZzdlbVJjMXFkOFVLS3FXMzJEb1ZDcURlMmRDNld2UENDZUdSYlY3YjlOcFhlOUlpVzBlbjJwYWQ3a0Q1MUs4MV8wRXpTYzl4SU9JZEowcDJmS3lWT1lXM1ZsM1d3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It\u2019s Freaking You Out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WIRED<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxQYWNjenUycGJwUGFTbUFrbHhJV0tPNEU0ejNuTzQ5QXd3RUhKU0VPU0dmN3RlVG9JdXQ4R2RheXZOT3lpUFUyQUxGbVF6cVhsNUpyOElrbWVtMGRTSzRDWHNncjQtRDMxaEE5VHVuSWdLb05Na0RVR1lMSE9ieEhKY2ppX3dSNDNVZ1FmT3U4LUF6b3otMlBCR0R2eGtOTk9jNDZWNXhWUzQ4V1RTaTVKc3lmelk0T1RIckctTnRoc243aVEyc3NidU9taw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome AI privacy wording changed. Should users worry?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Register<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1CSjJ6eDNTYl9nR0ROeWFEMk1qcFJrb0JsR3lJWnJVMGlnZzNVUUJMR3hrS1lIM013MkpTLU45Tk1IX1VQMDhZNWRnR094TTJtcUFXVUJ4VTQ2a3piMW11R1FqWGp4YnhYVE9Pa01Wd24wTVp4a2N5ZEJHa3BxQQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop Chrome Browser From Downloading a Hidden 4GB AI File&nbsp;&nbsp;MacRumors Google Chrome\u2019s silent 4GB AI download problem&nbsp;&nbsp;Malwarebytes Chrome Is Quietly Downloading a 4GB AI Model Without Your Permission&nbsp;&nbsp;PCMag You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It\u2019s Freaking You Out&nbsp;&nbsp;WIRED Chrome AI privacy wording changed. Should users worry?&nbsp;&nbsp;The Register source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-210513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news-video","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}