--- title: "Google’s Silent AI Install: What They’re Hiding in Your Files | Threat Wire" url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-silent-ai-install-what-they-re-hiding-in-your-files-threat-wire-qaqqhgeef source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PueS1g8JqE type: video:youtube source: "Hak5" published: 2026-05-13T14:43:17.626Z updated: 2026-05-13T22:02:58.499Z tags: ["security", "linux", "privacy", "google-chrome"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google’s Silent AI Install: What They’re Hiding in Your Files | Threat Wire **[Hak5](https://daily.dev/sources/hak5)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Chrome has been silently installing 4 GB of Gemini Nano AI model files on user devices without permission, with the file automatically re-downloading after deletion unless Chrome AI features are disabled via flags or enterprise policy. The weekly cybersecurity roundup also covers Dirty Frag, a new Linux zero-day (CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500) enabling local privilege escalation with no patches yet available, a ransomware attack on Canvas LMS by ShinyHunters, OpenAI's ChatGPT 5.5 release, a critical 10.0 CVSS vulnerability in Google Gemini CLI, AI-assisted zero-day exploit development by threat actors, and a Let's Encrypt certificate issuance outage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Chrome AI: what your browser installs without asking](https://daily.dev/posts/chrome-ai-what-your-browser-installs-without-asking-l5vi7bkab) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-silent-ai-install-what-they-re-hiding-in-your-files-threat-wire-qaqqhgeef)