Google releases Gemma 4 12B: encoder‑free multimodal model for laptops
Google unveiled Gemma 4 12B, a 12‑billion‑parameter model that processes text, vision, and audio without separate encoders. Its encoder‑free architecture lets it run locally on consumer laptops with just 16 GB of VRAM, and it’s released under Apache 2.0, enabling developers to build on‑device multimodal AI.