Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. It seems Google has decided that your PC needs a hefty dose of AI, whether you asked for it or not. Security researcher ...

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...

Yesterday we reported on an issue wherein Google’s browser Chrome was found downloading and installing AI models that can occupy a hefty 4GB of space. This was being done automatically without the ...

Google Chrome is currently at the centre of viral claims suggesting it is silently downloading a 4GB AI model onto users’ devices. Some posts on social media sites have also warned that the file could ...

Google’s Chrome browser is already a notorious storage hog, but now comes word that it’s crowding our PC drives in a new way: with a local AI model. That model ...

Image model releases are driving growth for AI mobile apps, generating 6.5x more downloads than traditional model updates, according to a new report from app intelligence provider Appfigures. For ...

Plus: China has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...

AHEAD, which builds on existing all-payer models in certain states, gives participating states up to $12 million to implement the model. In return, states agree to be accountable for cost growth ...

Downloads of Meta Platforms' (META) AI app on iOS in the U.S. saw an increase of 87% day-over-day on April 8, when the company released its new model called Muse Spark, according to market ...

In a recent experiment, researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz asked Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini 3 to help clear up space on a computer system. This involved deleting a bunch ...

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