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Gemma 4 12B: Near GPT 4.1 Performance, Free, private and on My Laptop

Google's Gemma 4 12B model achieves near GPT-4.1 performance while being free, private, and capable of running locally on a laptop, potentially reducing reliance on paid AI services like OpenAI.

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I have been waiting for a 12B model that can replace what I am paying OpenAI for, and Gemma 4 12B is the first one this year that actually… Continue reading on Towards AI »

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