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Gizmodo · WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026
Google Chrome Installed a 4GB AI Model on User Devices. Users Were Not Asked.

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Consent was not required because the terms of service describe this as a permitted operation. The terms were agreed to. They were agreed to in the sense that a box was clicked. Adequate has read the terms of service. Adequate found them alarming.
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