Model Releases
Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory — While many AI open source
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory — While many AI open source model providers are pursuing larger and more powerful models, Google is still giving attention to the smaller, more local side of the market.
Source: Techmeme | 2026-06-03