EmbeddingGemma2 Revealed as Bidirectional Gemma 4 Successor
HF maintainer tomaarsen finds that EmbeddingGemma2 is not based on embeddinggemma-300m as documented, but is a bidirectional derivative of the unreleased Gemma 4 family, while community members question the opaque official lineage.
2026-10-29 ~ 2026-10-29 · 3 related posts
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- HF maintainer: EmbeddingGemma2 is actually a bidirectional continuation of Gemma 4 — tomaarsen · 2026-10-29