Hey {{first_name | there}},

You know what the biggest problem with AI right now is? 

Trust.

And no, I don’t mean hallucinations or AI getting facts wrong. That’s the obvious one.

I’m talking about something much more concerning that just happened this week.

Let’s get into it.

Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as "That Privacy Guy," revealed that Google Chrome has been silently downloading a roughly 4GB on-device AI model to users' computers without consent. 

The model is called Gemini Nano, and it lives in a folder called ‘OptGuideOnDeviceModel’ on many people’s computers.

No notification. No consent banner. Just there.

And here’s the part that really gets me: if you find it and delete it, Chrome downloads it again.

But there’s more to it: That 4GB model is not even powering any visible AI feature in Chrome. The AI Mode you see sitting right in your address bar? It sends everything to Google's servers anyway. 

So what is this Gemini Nano model even doing?

This is exactly why people are getting uncomfortable with AI.

Not because AI exists. But because companies are slowly removing our ability to choose.

And all of this is happening while AI companies are scaling faster than anyone can even process.

The same day the Chrome story broke, Anthropic announced a deal to use SpaceX’s Colossus One data center.

That’s 220,000+ NVIDIA GPUs and over 300 megawatts of power coming online within a month.

Anthropic also wants to explore orbital AI compute with SpaceX.
Yes, actual space-based data centers. Apparently Earth isn’t enough anymore.

For Claude users, this is great practically.
Higher limits, less throttling, more room to build.

But the scale of this is honestly insane.

These companies are consuming huge amounts of electricity, infrastructure, and clean drinking water just to keep scaling larger models.

And that part feels really concerning to me.

Here is what nobody in the tech industry wants to talk about.

The anti-AI movement is growing faster than the AI movement.
And it is not just fringe voices anymore.

In February 2026, hundreds of people marched past the London headquarters of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta in one of the largest anti-AI protests ever seen.

People are showing up with signs about electricity bills, lost jobs, teen mental health, military AI use, and copyright theft.

Even on Pinterest of all places, the platform’s AI push is actively driving away its most dedicated users.

People are not upset about the technology itself. They are upset about not being asked.

And honestly? I get it.

I’m not anti-AI. You know that. I build with it constantly, and I genuinely think it creates huge opportunities for people willing to understand it.

But even I feel the weight of what’s happening around us without us fully realizing it.

A 4GB model can appear on your device without asking. And whether AI enters your life is increasingly being decided by product managers and lawyers, not by you.

So the real question is: what do you do with that?
Do you stay passive and accept whatever shows up?

Or do you get curious, understand what’s happening, and use it intentionally?

Because the people building this stuff are not slowing down. The only people who benefit are the ones who actually try to understand it.

That’s why I keep writing this. And probably why you keep reading it.

Anyway, I’m curious how you felt reading the Chrome story.
Bothered? Unbothered? Let me know. I reply to every response.

- Aashish

Claude can be your analyst, editor, and strategist.
But most professionals are using it to fix grammar.

These 200+ Claude prompts take it from grammar tool to your most powerful AI work assistant.

Sign up for Superhuman AI and get:

Claim your free prompts