Tris Warkentin - Introducing Gemma, Google's family of open models
Release Date: 04/04/2024
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info_outlineMeet Tris Warkentin, Product Management lead for Google DeepMind’s next-generation AI research, working to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Learn about the Gemini ecosystem and Google’s newest family of open models, Gemma! Discover what it can do and why this is a monumental step for the developer community. Unpack the power and exciting new capabilities this will unleash in the hands of developers and how this has been a long tradition in Google history. Dive into what it means to release a generative model like this into the public, addressing potential concerns and the Responsible AI measures in place to mitigate unethical use. Learn about AGI, Tris’s start in the tech industry as a technical writing intern, and more on this People of AI episode hosted by Ashley and Gus!
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Gemma links:
Gemma Developer Day 2024 → https://goo.gle/4as2nnu
Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models → https://goo.gle/3UYQksT
Fine-Tuning Gemma Models in Hugging Face → https://goo.gle/3TiAU1m
Gemma models in Kaggle → https://goo.gle/48ypQ4p
Shining Brighter Together: Google’s Gemma Optimized to Run on NVIDIA GPUs → https://goo.gle/3Tf1wjA
Google AI Studios → https://goo.gle/3P3eCxM
Gemini Era links:
Announcement → https://goo.gle/3uYRhGM
Gemini API → https://goo.gle/3T1kmJS
Responsible AI:
Conversation with Tulsee Doshi → https://goo.gle/4a75OzA
Responsible Generative AI Toolkit → https://goo.gle/4czolWO
Levels of AGI: Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI → https://goo.gle/3TJMKR4
Carl McBride Notebook → https://goo.gle/3vEgfM0