Google

Hyperscaler and vendor of Chrome, Android, Workspace, and the Gemini AI model family. Key relevance to this KB: a major distributor of AI capability via default-on, silently-updated endpoint and platform channels — not just via consciously-adopted AI products.

Appearances in the KB

• Chrome / Gemini Nano endpoint deployment: Chrome is reported to ship Gemini Nano (~4 GB local model file weights.bin in OptGuideOnDeviceModel/) to endpoints by default. Opt-out is enterprise-policy gated (GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings). Used by Tony Vizza as the canonical example of “AI by default” arriving via routine software updates rather than deliberate adoption. [[2026-05-10-vizza-chrome-silent-llm]]

See also

• gemini-nano — the named on-device model
• ai-governance-au — relevant for supply-chain / embedded-AI section