Google has unveiled Gemma, an open-source AI model that lets people create their own artificial intelligence chatbots and tools based on the same technology behind Google Gemini (the suite of AI tools formerly known as Bard and Duet AI) .
Gemma is a collection of open source models compiled from the same technology and research as Gemini, developed by the Google DeepMind team. In addition to the new open source model, Google has also released a ‘Responsible Genative AI Toolkit’ to support developers who want to get started and experiment with Gemini, a researcher said. official blog post.
The open-source model comes in two variants, Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B, both of which are pre-trained to filter out sensitive or personal information. Both versions of the model have also been tested with reinforcement learning from human feedback, to quite significantly reduce the potential of chatbots based on Gemma to spit out malicious content.
A step in the right direction
While it may be tempting to see Gemma as yet another model that can spawn chatbots (you wouldn’t be entirely wrong), it’s interesting to see that the company really seems to have developed Gemma to “make AI useful for everyone ” as stated in the announcement. It appears that Google’s approach with its latest model is to encourage more responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Gemma’s release comes right after OpenAI unveiled the impressive video generator Sora, and while we may have to wait and see what developers can produce with Gemma, it’s reassuring to see that Google is trying to approach artificial intelligence with a degree of responsibility. OpenAI has a track record of pumping out features and products and cleaning up the mess and implementing security measures later (in the spirit of Mark Zuckerberg’s “Move fast and break things” one-liner).
Another interesting feature of Gemma is that it’s designed to run on local hardware (a single CPU or GPU, although Google Cloud is still an option), meaning something as simple as a laptop can be used to create the next successful Program AI personality. . Given the increasing prevalence of neural processing units with upcoming laptops it will soon be easier than ever everyone to take a stab at building their own AI.