From Gemini To Gemma: Google's AI Naming Spree Leaves Employees In A Meme-Making Frenzy

Google’s AI division has been on a roll, coming up with new models and names multiple times within a year. The situation has become so overwhelming that even Google employees are struggling to keep up, creating internal memes.

What Happened: In the last three months, Alphabet Inc.’s Google has been on a naming spree, launching and rebranding various AI models. The latest addition to this list is Gemma, a new family of AI models that are smaller than Gemini, Google’s largest model.

Despite their smaller size, the technical data for Gemma is publicly available, allowing researchers and developers to customize them.

However, the rapid pace of these launches has led to confusion, even among Google employees. This confusion has manifested in the form of internal memes created using the company’s internal meme generator, reported Business Insider.

Here are a couple of memes shared by the report, citing anonymous Google employees.

In response to the report, a Google spokesperson also resorted to a meme.

Why It Matters: This news comes on the heels of another recent development in Google’s AI division. Earlier this week, Google’s Gemini came under fire for generating irrelevant images or refusing to do so. The tech giant has now admitted that the chatbot had been “missing the mark.”

These two incidents raise questions about Google’s AI strategy and the potential impact of its rapid development and deployment of AI models. The internal confusion among Google employees also highlights the challenges of managing such a fast-paced and complex AI development process.

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