Google Releases Smaller Open-Source AI Models Gemma for Developers
• Google released Gemma 2B and 7B, smaller open-source AI models allowing developers to experiment with the research behind the closed Gemini model.
• Gemma models can run on laptops and desktops, are commercially licensed, and come with responsible AI toolkits, though have limitations like English language tasks.
• Releasing Gemma open source contrasts with closed Gemini model, allowing more access to Google’s AI capabilities.
• Other companies have also released lightweight foundation models, like Meta's Llama 2 7B.
• Gemma models are free on Kaggle, with cloud credits for new Google Cloud users and researchers to offset computing costs.