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Paulo Montenegro @ Ubergizmo · 05/06/2026 09:29 EDT

Google Chrome Accused Of Secretly Downloading 4GB AI Model

A report by security researcher Alexander Hanff, known as “That Privacy Guy,” alleges that Google Chrome is automatically downloading a 4GB on-device AI model to users’ computers without prior notification or consent. This finding follows a similar report by Hanff regarding Anthropic’s Claude Desktop app, which he claims installed browser integration bridges across multiple Chromium-based browsers—including several not present on the system—without user prompting. Hanff argues that these silent modification

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