DiffusionGemma: How Google's Open Text Diffusion Model Writes in Parallel and Gives Autoregression Its First Real Rival - June 26, 2026

DiffusionGemma: How Google's Open Text Diffusion Model Writes in Parallel and Gives Autoregression Its First Real Rival Chris and Laura dig into Google DeepMind's DiffusionGemma, an open weights, twenty six billion parameter mixture of experts model that abandons token by token generation and instead denoises whole blocks of text in parallel for up to four times faster output. They unpack how text diffusion works, the eye opening speed numbers on consumer hardware, why Google calls it experimental, and the energy versus speed tradeoff hiding behind the headlines. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #OpenSource #DiffusionModels #Gemma #GoogleDeepMind