Introducing Gemma 4 12B: a unified, encoder-free multimodal model
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free multimodal model. The architecture departs from standard vision-language designs by removing separate encoder components in favor of an integrated processing pipeline across modalities. Positioned in Google's open model family at a 12-billion parameter scale, the release targets efficient multimodal processing for on-device and enterprise deployment scenarios.