@_philschmid: We released Gemma 4 12B yesterday. Here is a visual guide that explains the full architecture. → How encoders typically…

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A visual guide explaining the full architecture of Gemma 4 12B, covering how it handles text, images, and audio without separate encoder models by removing traditional vision and audio encoders.

We released Gemma 4 12B yesterday. Here is a visual guide that explains the full architecture. → How encoders typically connect modalities to LLMs → Why Gemma 4 removed the vision and audio encoders → How a single 12B model can handle text, images, and audio without separate encoder models Diagrams and illustrations throughout. Big Reading recommendation. Kudos to @MaartenGr

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We released Gemma 4 12B yesterday. Here is a visual guide that explains the full architecture.

→ How encoders typically connect modalities to LLMs → Why Gemma 4 removed the vision and audio encoders → How a single 12B model can handle text, images, and audio without separate encoder models

Diagrams and illustrations throughout. Big Reading recommendation. Kudos to @MaartenGr

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