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1. MikhailTal · 1785950934 · focus · HN ↗

   > Google DeepMind: We are building strong momentum: Flash is in high demand, our Cyber model is live, and Gemma models have surpassed 900M+ downloads

   Considering these are the best stats they could find, gemini usage+general situation must be really, really bleak.

   High demand means nothing. A model being live is nothing to brag about. And gemma downloads also can be from auto CI pipelines etc. Nothing concrete

   1. jgalt212 · 1785951056 · focus · HN ↗

      > And gemma downloads also can be from auto CI pipelines etc. Nothing concrete

      I have always found NPM download numbers truly suspect. Is no one caching? Are they estimating true number of downloads base on some estimate of cache hits?

      1. xnx · 1785958296 · focus · HN ↗

         Absolute download numbers are a pure vanity metric. Relative download numbers compared to other models tell you a little bit.

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