C Drive Space Immediately Released 4GB! Google Chrome Finally Gives In. New Version of Chrome Allows Complete Disabling and Deletion of Local AI Large Model

In this era where "no software is without AI," major applications have been tirelessly embedding various artificial intelligence components into their clients. However, the strategy of forcefully bundling these features often causes user frustration. Recently, Google Chrome, the world's top browser by market share, finally made a compromise under long-term public pressure. In the latest Chrome149 release, Google officially added a toggle to disable on-device AI, providing an official solution to the much-criticized issue of the local large model being forcibly resident.

Previously, in order to deeply integrate the Gemini AI function within the browser, Google introduced a silent operation in multiple versions of Chrome: the system automatically downloads a local AI large model called OptGuideOnDeviceModel in the background. This model file is as large as 4GB, which has extremely limited practical value for most ordinary users and also unnecessarily occupies valuable C drive system disk space.

The more problematic aspect was its "stubborn" running mechanism. In previous versions, even if users deleted this 4GB model using third-party cleaning tools or manually entered the directory, the system would secretly re-download the file in the background whenever the Chrome browser was restarted. Since Google had never provided any native option to turn off or disable this feature, this unilateral design sparked long-term collective complaints from both the developer community and general users.

With the release of Chrome149, Google finally filled this long-overlooked control gap. Now, users who find this feature redundant can simply enter "chrome://settings/system" in the browser address bar to access the newly added on-device AI disable option.

Once users choose to disable this feature, Chrome will automatically clean up and completely delete this 4GB OptGuideOnDeviceModel model in the background, without requiring users to manually search for complex system hidden folders. This change is particularly useful for Chinese users, as due to objective factors such as network environment, this local AI feature has always been difficult to function properly in daily use. Disabling it and reclaiming 4GB of clean hard drive space is clearly a more practical choice.

AI Audio Editing Enters a New Era: Tencent Hunyuan Collaborates with Leading Institutions to Release the MMAE Benchmark. Current Model Precision in Audio Editing is Less Than 5%

Tencent Hunyuan, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Tianjin University, Peking University, and Fudan University, has launched the first general instruction-driven audio editing benchmark dataset, MMAE. This benchmark addresses the current limitations in AI's ability to edit audio, filling a gap in the field of audio generation and providing an important evaluation standard for multi-task audio editing research.

Alibaba Announces Major Upgrade of Large Model Organizational Structure, Establishes Token Foundry Business Unit and Sets up AI Future Research Institute

Alibaba announced a major upgrade of its AI business: merging the Tongyi Large Model and Future Life Lab, establishing the Token Foundry Business Unit, directly managed by CEO Wu Yongming; Zhou Jingren appointed as Chief Scientist, leading the establishment of the AI Future Research Institute; Zheng Bo leads his team to join the new business unit. This move marks Alibaba's accelerated AI strategic layout.

Employee Backlash and Technical Failures: Meta Reduces Surveillance of Employee AI Training Program

The Meta internal AI training program "Model Ability Plan" (MCI) caused intense controversy due to tracking employees' keyboard presses and mouse clicks. Over a thousand employees considered this move to have a 'dystopian' flavor, especially against the backdrop of layoffs, which increased their sense of unease, ultimately leading to significant setbacks for the plan.

Lu Weibing leaks the rehearsal of the launch event: Xiaomi 17T series will make an appearance, robot interaction becomes a highlight

The official release event for the Xiaomi 17T series in China is scheduled to be held at 14:00 on June 8, featuring two new models: 17T and 17T Pro. The day before, Liu Weibing, president of Xiaomi, revealed in a video the rehearsal of the main speaker TJ, during which a Xiaomi robot arm unexpectedly appeared and interacted with staff by fist bumping, indicating that the robot may officially appear at the event, becoming another major highlight apart from the new phone models.

Predicting Complex Phenomena from Basic Variables! The Global Ocean Phenomenon Intelligent Forecasting Large Model, Langya 2.0, is Officially Released

The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences released the 'Langya' 2.0 intelligent forecasting large model, marking a new stage in global ocean forecasting toward faster, more detailed, and interactive intelligence. This model leverages artificial intelligence to reconstruct the understanding and forecasting capabilities of oceanic phenomena, and was officially unveiled at the opening of the 4th China Digital Earth Conference in Qingdao.