I REALLY hope the new gemma 5 family sticks to the "chat model first" philsophy and doesn't fall into the Qwen trap
Summary
The author expresses hope that the upcoming gemma 5 model family will maintain a chat-focused philosophy and avoid becoming overly code-oriented like Qwen models, valuing creativity and less robotic behavior as seen in gemma 4.
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