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First Look: Google Gemma 4

Gemma 4 is another release in Google DeepMind's open-weight model series. This course will teach you what makes Gemma 4 unique, show you several ways to run it, and explore its multimodal and tool-calling capabilities.

Beginner
19m

Created by Jon Friskics

Last Updated Apr 16, 2026

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First Look: Google Gemma 4

Gemma 4 is another release in Google DeepMind's open-weight model series. This course will teach you what makes Gemma 4 unique, show you several ways to run it, and explore its multimodal and tool-calling capabilities.

Beginner
19m

Created by Jon Friskics

Last Updated Apr 16, 2026

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What you'll learn

Choosing between open and closed-weight models can be overwhelming, leaving developers unsure of when the flexibility and control of open-weight models is worth the tradeoff. In this course, First Look: Gemma 4, you'll learn to evaluate and use Google DeepMind's latest open model series for real-world AI development. First, you'll explore what Gemma 4 is and the unique advantages open-weight models offer over closed alternatives. Next, you'll discover the available model variants and the wide range of environments where they can be deployed. Finally, you'll learn how to put Gemma 4 into practice through demos of its thinking, multimodal, and tool calling capabilities. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Gemma 4 needed to confidently start to adopt open weight models into your AI projects.

First Look: Google Gemma 4
Beginner
19m
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Jon Friskics - Pluralsight course - First Look: Google Gemma 4
Jon Friskics
33 courses 4.6 author rating 131 ratings

Jon is an author, developer, and Pluralsight team member via codeschool.com. Lately, he's been working on content and products that help authors create content efficiently. Prior to that, he worked for several years on interactive learning at Code School, and later helped bring that to Pluralsight as Interactive Content.

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