Google Introduces Gemma: Laptop-Friendly ‘Open’ Source AI

Google on Wednesday introduced its new series of open-source large language models, Gemma, for free. It is built from the same research as one of its models, the Gemini. It comes in two sizes: Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B. These sizes can also run on Google Cloud, workstations, and developers’ laptops.

The company has stated that first-time Cloud users will get $300 credit, as this model is optimised by Google Cloud. Gemma is developed by Google DeepMind and the Google AI team. Google says that the word Gemma is derived from the Latin word ‘Gem’ which ...