Google is pushing a 4GB AI model (Gemini Nano) directly into Chrome. No popup. No “Do you accept?” No permission request.
Your browser — the window to the internet — is about to silently download gigabytes of AI inference engine onto your machine. Whether you want it or not.
This is what digital sovereignty looks like in 2026. They don’t ask. They take.
Bitcoin taught us one thing: don’t trust, verify. Maybe it’s time to apply that same principle to every piece of software running on your hardware.
George Saoulidis
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