Google DeepMind Releases Gemma 4 12B: An Encoder-Free Multimodal Model with Native Sound Using a 16 GB Laptop
Google DeepMind recently released Gemma 4 12B, a dense multimodal model that completely strips traditional encoders. Vision and sound flow straight to the core of the LLM. The result is a model that runs an agent workflow on a consumer laptop with 16 GB of RAM. It is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Model … Read more