Gemma, DeepMind's Family of Open Models — Omar Sanseviero, Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind’s Gemma family is expanding. Join us for a deep dive into the latest models of the Gemma ecosystem. From vibe fine-tuning to Sovereign AI, you'll learn about the latest model capabilities, how to build high-performance applications, and how to get started with open models. Speaker info: - https://x.com/osanseviero - https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsanseviero/ - https://github.com/osanseviero Timestamps 0:00 Introduction to the Gemma model family 0:41 Evolution from Gemma 3 to Gemma 4 1:21 Overview of the new Gemma 4 capabilities 2:31 Live demonstrations of on-device applications 3:38 LM Arena scores and performance benchmarks 5:07 Apache 2 license transition 5:27 Technical deep dive: The E2B architecture and per-layer embeddings 6:57 Multimodal understanding and multilingual support 8:43 Ecosystem growth and community adoption 10:07 Product integrations, including Android Studio 10:46 Statistics on model downloads and fine-tuning 11:27 Official Gemma variants: Shield Gemma and MedGemma 12:16 Community research and sovereign AI efforts 12:56 Real-world applications, from cancer therapy to offline tasks 14:05 Closing remarks and future outlook