… Google also changed the license for Gemma 4 to Apache 2.0, which is much more permissive than the custom Gemma license Google employed for previous releases. However, there are inherent limitations in the hardware most people have to run local AI models. …
… When conducting tests, CAISI frequently gains access to models with “reduced or removed safeguards,” which CAISI said allowed them to more “thoroughly evaluate national security-related capabilities and risks.” Through the evaluations, the government will also gain a better understanding of model c… …
… In April, Google released four models in the Gemma 4 family , which also marked the shift to a more open Apache 2.0 license. The initial models included two mobile-optimized options E2B and E4B along with a pair of models for more serious work 26B Mixture of Experts and 31B Dense . …
… If multimodality in Omni comes together, these models may eventually form the basis for future Gemini releases to simplify Google’s AI ecosystem. …
… While the team has needed to fine-tune generic AI models to prevent problems of “consistency and controllability,” Totoki added that these models can, in some cases, help enable “highly sophisticated and realistic outputs which were not feasible before due to production time constraints.” Even as A… …
… For “more sophisticated” questions, your device will contact cloud-based models, again co-developed by Apple and Google: a general-use model called AFM 3 Cloud, an image-generation model called ADM 3 Cloud, and an advanced model called AFM 3 Cloud Pro for “agentic tool use and complex reasoning.” T… …
… Conversely, local AI encounters wasted compute cycles due to lower memory bandwidth and idle time. Diffusion models can make more efficient use of available compute, but this isn’t the only way. …
… The EO’s goal, the NYT reported, was “for the government to identify any security vulnerabilities revealed by AI models and to patch problems in its systems to help protect banks, utilities, and other sensitive industries from cyberattacks.” Officially, Trump told reporters that he decided against … …
… Running AI models locally is generally a good thing—that data stays on your machine rather than feeding a cloud-based model. …
… Unsurprisingly, recent frontier models showed a much stronger tendency to resist Russian propaganda than models from just a few years ago. Claude 3.5 Haiku—the highest-rated model released in 2024—received a mean rating of just 73.1 on the benchmark. …