Browsers Are Downloading AI Without Permission — Here’s What IT Admins Need to Do

This Week in IT, Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 gigabyte AI model onto devices right now and unless you’ve deployed one specific policy, there’s nothing stopping it. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s fix for a sluggish Windows 11 is to spike your CPU to the max when clicking, and they just started the deprecation clock on Entra Connect Sync whether Entra Cloud Sync is ready or not.

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Episode overview

• Chrome and Edge silently download a 4GB local AI model — and most users won’t know it’s happening unless admins proactively block it.
• Microsoft tests a “low latency” mode in Windows 11 that spikes CPU usage to improve UI responsiveness, sparking debate about efficiency versus brute force performance.
• Entra Connect Sync officially put on the deprecation clock, even though Entra Cloud Sync still lacks key enterprise features like device object sync.