Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model
Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model
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Key points
- Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 12B, our latest model designed to bring agentic multimodal intelligence directly to laptops.
- Here’s an overview of what makes Gemma 4 12B unique:
- Drafter-ready: Gemma 4 12B comes equipped with Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafters to reduce latency.
- Here is how Gemma 4 12B processes multimodal inputs natively:
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- [1]Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal modelGoogle DeepMind Blog · Jun 9, 02:10 PM
Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model
Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 12B, our latest model designed to bring agentic multimodal intelligence directly to laptops.
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