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5 min readGoogle has released a small, open-source multimodal model that can run on a standard laptop, while TSMC’s CEO warned that chip supply will lag demand for years. Ramp raised $750 million at a $44 billion valuation, and Anthropic revealed that over 80% of its code is now AI-authored. Here is what happened and why it matters.
Google’s Gemma 412B: A Local Multimodal Model
Google released Gemma 412B, an 11.95 billion parameter open-weight model under a permissive Apache 2.0 license. The key claim is that it can run locally on devices with as little as 16 gigabytes of VRAM or unified memory — meaning a standard enterprise laptop. This makes it viable for users who need AI while offline, such as on a flight, or who want to keep data local for security reasons. The model is free to download and operate.
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- 1 (00:25) **Google Releases Gemma 412B** - Google releases a new open multimodal AI model designed to run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM.
- 2 (06:56) **Global Data Center Opposition** - A new poll finds only 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest among 15 large countries surveyed.
- 3 (10:39) **AI Bioweapons Letter** - Sam Altman and Dario Amodei sign a public letter urging better tracking of synthetic DNA that could be used in AI-developed bioweapons.
- 4 (13:14) **TSMC CEO on Supply Constraints** - TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company cannot meet customer demand despite expanding capacity in the U.S.
- 5 (15:01) **Ramp Raises $750M at $44B Valuation** - Corporate spend management platform Ramp raises a massive round, nearly tripling its valuation over the past year.
- 6 (17:24) **Anthropic on AI Self-Improvement** - Anthropic argues that AI is already accelerating AI development, pointing toward potential recursive self-improvement.
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Show Notes
Google released Gemma 4 12B, a multimodal model that runs locally on 16GB devices. TSMC's CEO warned chip supply won't meet demand for years. Ramp raised $750M at $44B, and Anthropic says 80%+ of its merged code is now Claude-authored.
- Google releases Gemma 4 12B, an 11.95B-parameter unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory (VentureBeat)
- Public First: 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 large countries, such as Brazil, Japan, the UK, and Canada (FT)
- Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among the signatories on a public letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA that could be used in AI-developed bioweapons (Wired)
- TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company won't be able to fulfill the demand led by US customers even as more capacity comes online in the US over the next few years (Bloomberg)
- Corporate spending management platform Ramp raised $750M at a $44B valuation led by Iconiq, Singapore's GIC, and the OTPP, taking its total funding to $3B (Bloomberg)
- Anthropic details its progress toward recursive self-improvement, and its implications, and says 80%+ of the code merged into its codebase is authored by Claude (Anthropic)
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