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Andy Ayrey claims Gemma is the closest model we have (imo) to Bing 'Sydney' and…

2026-06-03 · 21:25 UTC ·@AndyAyrey ·0 min read

Brief

Gemma is positioned as the most similar model to Microsoft's 'Sydney' by Andy Ayrey, who welcomes widespread availability. DeepMind's Demis Hassabis notes Gemma 4 has 150+ million downloads and launched a Gemma 4 12B model, touted as powerful yet small enough to run on a 16GB‑VRAM laptop and released under Apache 2.0.

Why it matters

Andy Ayrey claims Gemma is the closest model we have (imo) to Bing 'Sydney' and says he's pleased that so many of them will be running around.

Key details

  • Demis Hassabis reports 150+ million downloads of Gemma 4 and announces the new Gemma 4 12B model, calling it "incredibly powerful" for its size, able to run locally on a laptop with 16GB VRAM, and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Source evidence

gemma is the closest model we have (imo) to bing sydney, and i am so pleased we are about to have so many of them running around

Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis)

Celebrating the milestone of a massive 150+ million downloads of Gemma 4 with the release of the new Gemma 4 12B model! It's incredibly powerful for such a small model and it’s tiny enough to run locally on a laptop with just 16GB VRAM. Apache 2.0 license - happy building!

— https://nitter.net/demishassabis/status/2062241713398149524#m