AI Engineer YouTube · April 27, 2026

Open Models at Google DeepMind — Cassidy Hardin, Google DeepMind

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Why it matters

Open models are getting smaller, faster, and far more capable. In this talk, Cassidy Hardin walks through the latest advances in the Gemma family, with a focus on Gemma 4 and what it enables for developers building on-device and open-weight AI systems. She covers the architecture behind Gemma’s dense, effective, and mi

My takeaway: Open models are getting smaller, faster, and far more capable. In this talk, Cassidy Hardin walks through the latest advances in the Gemma family, with a focus on Gemma 4 and what it enables for developers building on-device and open-weight AI systems. She covers the architecture behind Gemma’s dense, effective, and mi