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Check your storage: Chrome may be downloading a 4GB AI model — here’s what we know (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

For Windows 11 the folder to look for is %localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\
On my work laptop that folder didn't exist yet so for fun I created the folder and removed all permissions for everyone to it.
Not sure what's gonna happen if Google Chrome wants to push the weights.bin file when the ntfs permissions deny it.

[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

Joke's on Google; I've avoided Chrome for quite a while now.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

The more crap google pulls, the happier I am that I use Linux and GrapheneOS.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I haven't had desktop chrome for quite some time, and I certainly never will again after that.

But I certainly hope they are not planning to push that shit on android. Leave my fucking storage alone, google