What Happened
Google's Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google's terms.
Why It Matters
The company's Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth.
Key Details
- Starting today, developers can start working with Gemma 4, which comes in four sizes optimized for local usage.
- Google has also acknowledged developer frustrations with AI licensing, so it's dumping the custom Gemma license.
- Like past versions of its open-weight models, Google has designed Gemma 4 to be usable on local machines.
- That can mean plenty of things, of course.
Background Context
Google's Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google's terms. The company's Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth. Starting today, developers can start working with Gemma 4, which comes in four sizes optimized for local usage. Google has also acknowledged developer frustrations with AI licensing, so it's dumping the custom Gemma license. Like past versions of its open-weight models, Google has designed Gemma 4 to be usable on local machines. That can mean plenty of things, of course. The two large Gemma variants, 26B Mixture of Expert
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Source: Ars Technica – All content – Original Link
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