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Google Gemma: because Google doesn’t want to give away Gemini yet
Gemma could be faster and more cost-efficient.
While Gemini is a big closed AI model that directly competes with (and is nearly as powerful as) OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the lightweight Gemma will likely be suitable for smaller tasks like simple chatbots or summarizations. Gemma will also ship with “responsible AI toolkits,” as open models can be harder to place guardrails in than more closed systems like Gemini. Tris Warkentin, product management director at Google DeepMind, said the company undertook “more extensive red-teaming to Gemma because of the inherent risks involved with open models.”
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