SAN FRANCISCO: On Wednesday, Google unveiled new artificial intelligence (AI) models that external developers can potentially adopt for their own projects, following a similar move by Meta Platforms and other tech entities.
The Alphabet subsidiary announced that individuals and businesses are now able to create AI software utilizing its new set of "open models" named Gemma at no cost. Google is sharing crucial technical details, including model weights, with the public.
This initiative aims to attract software engineers to leverage Google's technology and promote the usage of its increasingly profitable cloud division. The Gemma models are optimized for Google Cloud, and first-time cloud users employing them receive $300 in credits, according to the company.
While Gemma is not entirely "open source," as Google retains control over terms of use and ownership, it represents a step towards broader accessibility. The decision to keep the more substantial Gemini models closed, unlike Gemma, was highlighted in the announcement. Gemma models come in two sizes: two billion or seven billion parameters, referring to the number of values an algorithm considers to generate output.
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