The LocalLLaMA community is discussing whether Google will release a new version of Gemma, its language model. After several releases of open source models by other companies, some are wondering if Gemma 4 will live up to expectations or if Google has abandoned the project.

Context

Gemma is a family of open source language models developed by Google. Gemma models are designed to be lightweight and efficient, suitable for running on various platforms, including edge devices. Community interest is high, as many users seek open source alternatives to large language models (LLMs) that can be run locally, thus benefiting from greater control and data sovereignty. For those evaluating on-premise deployments, there are trade-offs that AI-RADAR analyzes in detail in the /llm-onpremise section.