Google introduces two Gemini models

Alphabet’s Google has introduced a “new generation of open models from Google to assist developers and researchers in building AI responsibly.” “Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models,” the company said. “Developed by Google DeepMind and other teams across Google, Gemma is inspired by Gemini, and the name reflects the Latin gemma, meaning “precious stone.” Accompanying our model weights, we’re also releasing tools to support developer innovation, foster collaboration, and guide responsible use of Gemma models.” Google released Gemma model weights in two sizes: Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B. Each size is released with pre-trained and instruction-tuned variants. A new Responsible Generative AI Toolkit provides guidance and essential tools for creating safer AI applications with Gemma, it said. “Gemma models share technical and infrastructure components with Gemini, our largest and most capable AI model widely available today,” Google added. “This enables Gemma 2B and 7B to achieve best-in-class performance for their sizes compared to other open models. And Gemma models are capable of running directly on a developer laptop or desktop computer. Notably, Gemma surpasses significantly larger models on key benchmarks while adhering to our rigorous standards for safe and responsible outputs. See the technical report for details on performance, dataset composition, and modeling methodologies.”