Google just released the latest version of its open AI model, Gemma 4, on Thursday. Crucially, Gemma 4 is a fully open-source model licensed under Apache 2.0, which is typically not the case with frontier models. Open models can be run locally on users' devices, and Google says Gemma 4 can be run on "billions of Android devices" and some laptop GPUs. "This open-source license provides a foundation for complete developer flexibility and digital sovereignty; granting you complete control over your data, infrastructure, and models," a Google blog post reads . "It allows you to build freely and deploy securely across any environment, whether on-premises or in the cloud." Most people have likely heard of Google's popular Gemini AI model , thanks to the ubiquitous AI chatbot that's been integrated into many of Google's products. Gemma is also a large language model (LLM) and was developed from the exact same technology and research that Google DeepMind used to build Gemini 3.…