@AndreasPSteiner: Released last week, and already more than 4M downloads on HuggingFace alone This makes Gemma 4 12B the most popular enc…
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Google's Gemma 4 12B model, released last week, has already surpassed 4 million downloads on HuggingFace, making it the most popular encoder-free VLM and the first general-purpose LLM with encoder-free audio input. The model balances size and performance, enabling local laptop use with multi-step reasoning and agentic workflows.
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Released last week, and already more than 4M downloads on HuggingFace alone 😊
This makes Gemma 4 12B the most popular encoderfree VLM by a large margin.
In addition to being the first-ever general purpose LLM with encoderfree audio input! https://t.co/qT0noJtMSD
Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai): Our new Gemma 4 12B model hits a sweet spot between size + performance: it can run locally on a laptop, while enabling powerful multi-step reasoning and agentic workflows. Can’t wait to see what the community does with this one!
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