Sundar Pichai says Google backs open models and cites Gemma as proof
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-25
Sundar Pichai says Google is happy to support the push for open models, arguing that Google has long benefited from open source and has consistently made open-weight models like Gemma available through Google DeepMind.
The screenshot shows Pichai replying to Jensen Huang’s public letter on why open models matter, adding a company-level endorsement of the open-model position at a time when major AI labs are being asked to take a clearer stance.
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