Google Releases Gemma: A Lightweight and Open-source AI Model

Gemma is a state-of-the-art and open-source AI model that is intended for mobile, laptop, and small servers.

Injust a week, the world has witnessed the most groundbreaking AI advancements from two tech giants. OpenAI introduced its jaw-dropping AI video generator, Sora, while Google unveiled its Gemini 1.5 model, capable of supporting up to a 1 million token context window.

Today, Google dropped another bombshell with the release of Gemma, a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open-source models built upon the research and technology used to create the Gemini models.

What is Gemma?

Named after the Latin word gemma for “precious stone,” Gemma draws inspiration from its predecessor, Gemini, reflecting its value and rarity in the tech world.

They are text-to-text, decoder-only large language models, available in English, with open weights, pre-trained variants, and instruction-tuned variants.