Gemma 4 just dropped. Here's what it actually means for builders:What it is:Google's open-source AI model. Runs on your own machine.No API. No usage bill. No data leaving your server.4 sizes:→ 31B - full reasoning, runs on a workstation→ 26B MoE - fast, activates only 3.8B params per inference→ E4B / E2B - runs on a phone, offline, real-time audio + visionWhy the license matters:Apache 2.0. Ship it in a product, fine-tune it, modify it.No restrictions. No royalties. No legal grey area.Where to u

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We heard your feedback about the need for an open source license, so Gemma 4 is officially released under a commercially permissive Apache 2.0 license.Now, you have total control over your data, infrastructure and models to build freely and deploy securely across any environment — including @GoogleCloud Sovereign solutions.

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