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GOOGLE RETROFITS GEMMA INTO DIFFUSION MODEL
Google DeepMind has converted Gemma 4 into a text diffusion model using less than 10% of the original training budget, demonstrating that building diffusion models doesn't require training from scratch.
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Instead of training a new model from scratch, Google DeepMind retrofitted Gemma 4 into a diffusion model using less than…