Google AI: Win some (Gemma, 1.5 Pro), Lose some (Image gen)
Google releases Gemma open models (2–7B parameters) outperforming Llama 2 and Mistral on benchmarks, while Gemini Pro 1.5 debuts a 1 million token context window amid mixed community reception.
Google's Gemma open models (2-7B parameters) outperform Llama 2 and Mistral in benchmarks but face criticism for an unusual license and poor image generation quality, which Google partially acknowledges. The upcoming Gemini Pro 1.5 model features a 1 million token context window, excelling in video understanding and needle-in-haystack tasks. Discord communities like TheBloke and LM Studio discuss mixed reception of Gemma models, anticipation for Llama 3 release, challenges in dataset editing, and hardware considerations such as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 4090 GPUs.
LM Studio users report issues with version 0.2.15 Beta and ongoing integration of Gemma models, with resources shared on Hugging Face.