Any speculation on whether or not Google will announce a new Gemma model at the Gemma SF Celebration tonight?

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Speculation surrounds Google's upcoming Gemma SF Celebration event, where the open-source model family has reached 1 billion downloads, leading to questions about a potential new model announcement.

From the Digg article (https://digg.com/tech/3pf3046j) “Google Gemma posted that the family of open models has achieved 1 billion downloads. The account is hosting an exclusive evening in San Francisco on August 20 to honor open-source builders, researchers, and contributors. Space at the event is limited and applications are required for attendance. Demis Hassabis shared the announcement from the official account. Clément Farabet replied that he will attend and is excited to celebrate the milestone. The post frames the achievement as driven by the community advancing the Gemmaverse forward.” Seems like it would be the perfect venue to announce a new model, but could just be wishful thinking on my part Thoughts? Speculation? Too busy testing Qwen 3.8 27b to care? Would be a good time for Google to drop a 120b. Pull a Meta Glimmer and be king of the hill for a week or so before Qwen countered with a new mid-size model.
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