Google Releases AI Model Seeking to Entice Open-Source Community

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is introducing new open large language models that it’s calling Gemma, reversing its general strategy of keeping the company’s proprietary artificial intelligence technology out of public view.

Gemma, which will handle text only, has been built from the same research and technology used to create the company’s flagship AI model, Gemini, Google said Wednesday in a blog post. It will be released in two sizes, one targeted at customers who plan to develop artificial intelligence software using high-capacity AI chips and data centers, and a smaller model for more cost-efficient app building.

Google developed the technology that ...