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Google has launched Gemma 3, its latest series of open-source AI models, which are designed to be lightweight and run on various devices.
Google also released ShieldGemma 2, an image safety classifier.
Gemma 3
It's the successor to Google's Gemma series, powered by Gemini 2.0 technology.
It comes in different sizes (1B, 4B, 12B, 27B).
Google claims it's their "most advanced, portable and responsibly developed" open model yet.
It's built to run on phones, laptops, and other devices, aiding in AI application development.
It supports over 35 languages and can analyze text, images, and short videos, providing text-based responses.
Google claims it outperforms other models like Meta's Llama-4-5B and OpenAI's o3-mini in certain tests.
It has a 128k-token context window, allowing it to process large amounts of information.
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