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jeffmcjunkin 6d ago

Google releases Gemma 4 open models

https://deepmind.google/models/gemma/gemma-4/

Gemma 4

Gemma 4 is a family of open models, purpose-built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows.

Google DeepMind

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simonw 6d ago

I ran these in LM Studio and got unrecognizable pelicans out of the 2B and 4B models and an outstanding pelican out of the 26b-a4b model - I think the best I've seen from a model that runs on my laptop.

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/gemma-4/

The gemma-4-31b model is completely broken for me - it just spits out "---\n" no matter what prompt I feed it. I got a pelican out of it via the AI Studio API hosted model instead.

Gemma 4: Byte for byte, the most capable open models

Four new vision-capable Apache 2.0 licensed reasoning LLMs from Google DeepMind, sized at 2B, 4B, 31B, plus a 26B-A4B Mixture-of-Experts. Google emphasize "unprecedented level of intelligence-per-parameter", providing yet more evidence …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

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culi 6d ago

Do you have a single gallery page where we can see all the pelicans together. I'm thinking something similar to

https://clocks.brianmoore.com/

but static.

AI World Clocks

The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.

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lostmsu

Not exactly what you asked for but try https://pelicans.borg.games/

Pelican Arena Leaderboard - AI SVG Pelican Competition

Vote on AI-generated pelican images from models like Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, and more. See which AI creates the best pelican riding a bicycle artwork.